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To: rudedog who wrote (1124)	6/2/1998 12:02:00 PM
From: Judd	Respond to of 1600

I don't think that the MSFT versions of a lot of these add-ons have anything like the same functionality - the 'integrated' version is just 'good enough'. Is MSFT able to replace a good add-on with an OK integrated version just because it is free? I agree, most of them aren't close in functionality. And, yes, I think the typical person will suffer with what is there before going out and getting shareware, or buying the real thing. I know I do without a lot of things I like simply because It just takes too long to install everything, especially when you have to do a complete re-install. Also, until recently hard disk space always seemed to be a problem. If you can't un-install the MS stuff to free up some room to install the better stuff then what can you do? Judd

To: rudedog who wrote (1124)	6/2/1998 3:45:00 PM
From: Dragonfly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1600

Is MSFT able to replace a good add-on with an OK integrated version just because it is free? Yes, they have. A number of these companies are having trouble and the smaller ones are out of business because of this. MSFT was going to 'crush' the Citrix winframe market by buying the key technology and incorporating it into Hydra. Only problem was. it is hard to do a good job even when they bought a lot of the pieces. Citrix is still doing fine, hydra is still not a product. Citrix is doing ok only because they were able to force Microsoft to license their technology. Just because one company survived their practices does not mean their practices are not wrong. If I point to a number of companies thath ave not survived, you won't buy that as evidence that their practices are wrong, now, will you? Dragonfly