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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (7153)	5/14/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Microsoft Monopoly RE:"I saw a Beta version a couple of months ago. At that point they had done away with explorer and replaced it with IE .. in that form the internet browser would be the OS. In other words, to look at your own hard drive you would need to log on." No way! Log on to whom? Pay to log on? Pay to whom? What about a lap top in the field? I am sure I have misunderstood what you are trying to tell us. Right? HR

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (7153)	5/14/1998 2:59:00 PM
From: Ramsey Su	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

Gersh, thanks for info but I am not clear on "log on". Do you mean that IE is now explorer but I don't really have to dial into anything, or do I? Explorer was the old file manager, which I have to say is an absolute integral part of the OS. If they use IE in lieu of the explorer, how am I going to be to do those functions with a Netscape browser? If true, what could MSFT be offering DOJ? Comments from any beta W98 experts appreciated.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (7153)	5/14/1998 3:02:00 PM
From: C. Niebucc	Respond to of 74651

"In other words, to look at your own hard drive you would need to log on" You must have misunderstood what you were looking at. You do not have to log on to look at your own drive. I can view my local drive and local folders without logging on. The only time I have to "log on" is when I go to an external web page.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (7153)	5/14/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Hi Gersh, >>I saw a Beta version a couple of months ago. At that point they had done away with explorer and replaced it with IE .. in that form the internet browser would be the OS. In other words, to look at your own hard drive you would need to log on. << I assume you mean a beta version of win98? If you want to turn off web view, look under View on the menu bar and click "as web page" ("unclick" it, actually). This will give you the "regular" interface. FWIW Andy