Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Justin Banks who wrote (15461)	12/23/1997 4:39:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

<How? Let me get this right. You start up IE, go to SI, see one of my rantings, hit reply, and decide you'd like to take it to private email. You hit the Justin Banks linked text at the top of my page and start Eudora? How?> View, Internet options, programs. <I'm not even going to try to respond to this. If you think MSFT has more closely conformed to the HTML RFCs than NSCP, you go right ahead and think that.> That's what I thought you would say. <o I've not heard this before, do you have documentation on this?> That's unfortunate, for this is third time I am posting it to you. now you see why I say you are refusing ot listen. Go to the NSCP site and read the fine print on the Enterprise Server and old Live Wire documentation. <Anyone using a GUI to admin a server gets what they deserve.> Would you accept that as an acceptable excuse for all of those bitching about MSFT browser software? <Of course, if what you say is true (somehow I doubt it), and NSCP does require the use of their browser to do something, I agree that it's bad for the consumer and bad for progress.> My problem is not with the pereceptionof progress, but with selective prosecution. NSCP who had majority marketshare has been pulling these stunts for some time. That's cool, but IF MSFT can't do it, NSCP shouldn't be able to do it either.

To: Justin Banks who wrote (15461)	12/24/1997 4:49:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

The user has no choice as to what browser to use when usign a graphical interface to administer the NSCP Enterprise server and Livewire development environments.In your own words, that's bad for the consumer and bad for progress in the market place. o I've not heard this before, do you have documentation on this? o Anyone using a GUI to admin a server gets what they deserve. o An admin relying on a www server to be running on a server they're administering is an idiot. Of course, if what you say is true (somehow I doubt it), and NSCP does require the use of their browser to do something, I agree that it's bad for the consumer and bad for progress. <<< Justin, Reg: 1.5 years ago I used Fasttrack. It required Netscape 2.x for administration, because of the heavy use of plugins and Javascript, I think. One reason I switched to WebSite Pro. Which uses the Windows GUI for admin programs. Now I wish I knew all the command line functions by heart. I don't love Unix enough to do that. In any case I much prefer the tabbed forms and drop down lists in WebSite. They work OK. GUIs are not the enemy ;-) Chaz