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echo: consumer_report
to: HANS MANGOLD
from: RICHARD PERRY
date: 1998-02-22 16:08:00
subject: Still @ win3.1

HM> >> with a double-click.  OTOH, I prefer Netscape Navigator to
  > >> MS Internet Explorer, and I don't care at all for MS's idea
  > >> to make the entire GUI work like a Web browser; this could
HM> RP> I agree with you.  I hate the whole idea.  Seems like the entire
  > RP> concept will get crammed down the public's throat!
HM>What a bunch of baloney!!!  Who forces you - or anyone else - to use 
Windows
  >(any flavor), Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator?
No one forces me at all.  However, with the marketing might that
Microsoft has, it must be careful not to leave the impression of
limiting consumer choice or leading down a path of exclusivity.
That is exactly what the DOJ calls "unfair" practices.  That's
what the Sherman AntiTrust Act was all about my friend.
Go in Peace,
Richard Perry
HM>If you don't like it, buy another operating system!  And if you don't like 
t
  >=free= browsers, make your own!
HM>Better yet: do a little bit of research on the history of the PC and maybe
  >you'll be in a position to look at today's developments with a more 
informed
  >mind.
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