Re: Netscape, XyWrite, and the Media

["David B. Kronenfeld" kfeld@xxxxxxxx]

	I was going to ignore this one, but what the heck. I'm willing to use
whatever works for me--and then is easy, cheap, ... --even if an evil
empire invented it. But evil empires mostly don't invent very much, and
often do a bad job of copy-catting. So, being too lazy/overworked to go
for exotic stuff, I use Netscape over IE mostly--but use IE for the stuff
that MS keeps N from working on. I used to use QEMM/desqView, but I'm too
lazy/overworked to get into Linux, and so Windows 98 here we go !
	Nonetheless, MS does indulge in heavy handed, unethical business practices
that suppress competition and innovation, and does mostly turn out
bloatware that never quite works right, that insists on telling you what
you want to do even when that's not what you want to do, and that is
frustratingly "idiot proofed". For this reason I am supportive of any
action that breaks MS's monopoly, that produces easy to use software that
is fast, efficient, easy to configure, easy to troubleshoot--like the old
desqview and XyWrite--but that also painlessly integrates with newer tools
I use.
		Cheers


At 08:46 PM 2/13/00 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Sun, 13 Feb
>2000 13:58:07 -0500 (EST)
>
>-> I use Netscape because I began with it in '95. But I wouldn't
>-> buy it again after their attempt to throttle MS by legal means
>-> (rather than trying to beat them on the free market).
>
>You would have preferred that Netscape throttle Microsoft by illegal
>means? Adopt the same cutthroat, anti-competitive "free market"
>tactics that MS used to ram its "innovations" down our throats and
>claim victory on that account? Doesn't everyone else still lose?
>
>--------------
>Carl Distefano
>CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx
>http://users.datarealm.com/xywwweb/
>
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