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

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16594)	1/22/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: Sharise Brown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Microsoft, Justice to announce antitrust agreement zdnet.com biz.yahoo.com

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16594)	1/22/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: Justin Banks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Reg - I could go on. And frequently do, ad naseum ;)

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16594)	1/22/1998 2:26:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

Here's an outtake from the Red Herring that Dermot posted: Threatening manufacturers with loss of their Windows license--with going out of business, in other words--unless they put the Internet Explorer icon on every desktop. Requiring OEM partners to notify Microsoft in writing before lodging a complaint with any government agency regarding Microsoft's behavior. *Prohibiting ISP partners from telling consumers they have a choice in browsers. It's tempting to say, Why complain if Microsoft gives away new functionality? Fine. The company should give away as much software as it wants. But it shouldn't be allowed to force its business partners to distribute that software on pain of economic death. How do these tactics lead to innovative products? Do you think that MSFT should be allowed to do these sorts of actions?

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (16594)	1/22/1998 2:46:00 PM
From: Justin Banks	Respond to of 24154

Reg - Unix has stagnated for several years with all of the competition it had. Oh, you mean things like : o 64 bit OS'es o journaled filesystems o network transparent windowing systems o loadable kernel modules o scaleability to 1000s of processors o a whole new paradigm of s/w distribution o r/t systems o largest clusters Or are you talking about the numerous revolutions in theory that have been sparked by Unix? What new features exactly has MSFT fostered? I've been to MSFT's site. It's full of dead and broken links. It looks like NCSP's did before they cleaned it up. In order to access decent technical info, you've got to register. That's okay, but you've got to go through ~ 5 pages of registration info, and then their registration cgi program is broken when it comes to recognizing company names! What 'Internet technology' can you see on MSFT's site? I was just there, and all I saw that might fit into this category was a blurb on 'channels', and how I needed IE4.0 because my browser wasn't capable of turning my $10k workstation into a TV! You'd think with all their innovation and technology leadership, they'd be smart enough to check for HTTP_USER_AGENT to see what it says (there is no IE for my machine), but hey, maybe that's just too cutting edge. -justinb