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To: damniseedemons who wrote (15615)	12/26/1997 4:56:00 AM
From: Doug Fowler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

<<The Windows APIs are the "bridges" for developers of Windows programs.>> Since IE is an integral part of Windows according to Microsoft, when will Microsoft provide the API so that Netscape can create a browser that will work with Windows 98 and take advantage of all the seamless integration but still use Netscape as the conduit? Based on my current understanding of Windows 98, many things that Microsoft is building in will work only if IE is the browser.

To: damniseedemons who wrote (15615)	12/26/1997 1:23:00 PM
From: Charles Hughes	Respond to of 24154

>>>Chaz, you're talking about creating standards for interoperability--yes, that's great. We have had internet standards for a long time--HTML standards, email protocalls, networking protocalls, etc. PC hardware interfaces are also standardized. The Windows APIs are the "bridges" for developers of Windows programs. So I don't get what your argument is.<<< It's a counterargument. The Microsoft reactionaries here and in the MSFT spin control department keep putting out the line that there would be no precedent for the government 'designing' their product specs - in other words making it easier and more fair for competitors to hook up with their OS in the same way MSFT does in their own apps. In point of fact governments have been dictating this kind of change for hundreds of years. People here are just not thinking, or know nothing of technical history. You should go back up and read the rest of the thread if you don't remember the relevant context for this remark - at least the messages I was responding to. You are far off point. Chaz