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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (10281)	8/25/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

I downloaded my Mac OS/IE 4.01 without charge. Did I miss something or should I have sent Bill a bill for the download time in order to count the cost as free of charge. Bill Gates a communist- you have some interesting notoions. Your rhetoric is as random as ever. JFD

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (10281)	8/27/1998 11:37:00 AM
From: Ed Yander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Anyway, I look forward to your innovative explanation on IE for Mac and Unix. What don't you understand here? Browser development is being paid for by non-server Windows operating system upgrades, new purchases of PC's pre-installed with Windows, and now Office upgrades and other tools since the Explorer component is now becoming a mandatory requirement in order for them to work. Where is the revenue model for Linux? I can download Linux and Navigator for Linux free of charge. Komrade Torvalds was asked in the Bootnet interview if Linux would always be made available free of charge and he said Yes. You think Unix gurus are expensive relative to the army of new wave Microsoft guys managing the periodic reformat, reinstall thing in large scale Windows deployments? Well unfortunately there are always times when a unix admin is not going to be available to save you. The road warrior can deal with Windows or the Mac. Unix, otoh, is like a foreign language when things go wrong.