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To: XiaoYao who wrote (9840)	7/31/1998 5:40:00 AM
From: Philipp	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Xiao: Actually it is not all that complicated and would not differ much from the present installation process for most software. You can always have a generic option which installs more-or-less everything for the average user, but for the more computer literates you should be able to substitute MS applications for the applications of your choice. However, this requires openness of the OS kernel, which is another thing the court should require of Microsoft. As far as costs are concerned, there is a lot of good and cheap or free software available for most of the mundane tasks, and I certainly don't see why I should pay for IE by buying Windows 98 if that is not my browser of choice (don't come with the argument that IE is free, since its price is really included in the pricing of Windows 98). In fact, at the moment I have to pay twice for many applications, once to Microsoft by paying for their operating system including the applications and once to the company that actually supplies the applications I prefer (for whatever reason). A slim operating system should not cost more than 20 - 30 $. Cheers, Phil

To: XiaoYao who wrote (9840)	7/31/1998 7:59:00 AM
From: Mike Milde	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

<< Theoratically, the kernel of an OS should be slim and fast. But when you talked about product that sell to average comsumers, that is totally different issue. Do you want to buy a slim OS for $50, a browser for $30, a email client for $10, a text edit for $5, a media player/CD player for $10, and the list goes on and on? How much that cost you? Once you bought all those stuff, you have to go through all the hustle to install them on OS and hope all those stuff would work together. Do you expect average users like your grandma to do all those? >> Why do you assume it would always have to be complex and tedious? Is it because installing applications on Windows as it is today is complex and tedious? Mike