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

To: K. M. Strickler who wrote (17424)	2/12/1998 11:11:00 AM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

That is always the problem, a 'glitch' may be in the system that hasn't 'reared its ugly head' at the time the 'backup' is made, and you wind up with a 'time bomb' which attacks at a later date. No. I mean "clean" system as in absolutely nothing on it that is unneeded--so your system is as lean&mean as possible. But I'm admittedly an obsessive-compulsive perfectionist, so it's really just me :( The "time bomb" scenario that you describe is doubtful, at best. Changeable vs. unchangeable---much easier said than done. However, if you get IE4, an "Application Data" folder is created where many of your things are then kept. So it's a step in the right direction, thought not quite there yet. I do like Netscape's method, BTW, where absolutely everything you'll need is stored under the C:\...Netscape\Users\Username folder. Gee Dan, IE4 makes a lot of changes to the OS--it's very much like a full-blown upgrade; Microsoft could have easily dubbed it "Windows97," and marketed it as a "free upgrade to Windows 95....Windows97's new features include internet integration, enhanced taskbar, etc., etc...." and the DOJ would have had a much tougher case to prove. Instead, they called it IE4--but what's in a name? Actually, I asked Bill Gates this question in Nov 1996 (when all the IE4 stuff was just vaporware), and he sort of dodged it, but then said that their market research shows that people are less reluctant to upgrade what they think is merely their "browser component" (note the clever use of "component") instead of the fearsome task of upgrading the entire OS--free or not. Personally (and I managed to argue all of this in my "question"), I thought it was a good anti-DOJ move, and also great marketing in that loyal Netscape users would jump at the chance to get "the free upgrade to Windows97." And then they'd notice that they also get a cool browser, so Microsoft's hope would be that they stick with it.