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To: Linda Kaplan who wrote (16222)	8/4/1998 8:31:00 AM
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No De-fault Insurance. via NY Times >Software Makers Offer to Help ... Themselves >With great fanfare, 23 software makers last week issued a policy statement titled "Ask, Tell & Help," promising to end a problem that has frequently infuriated Windows 95 users -- programs that automatically install themselves as "default applications," the software the operating system calls upon to open all files of a certain type. A closer examination of the policy suggests that it might be less a sincere effort by the developers -- including Netscape Communications, Novell, Real Networks and Sun Microsystems -- to restrain their own practices than an attempt to restrain Microsoft from absorbing their products into the operating system.< nytimes.com Perhaps this article best answers John O'Neill's query about what makes a Mac different from a PC. Ughh.