Re: Netscape, XyWrite, and the Media

[Richard Giering dick.giering@xxxxxxxx]

I also se Netscape and have for quite some time.
I probably started because it was the best and
first and then didn't want to change. While I
have an anti-Gates bias, I don't think that is why
I started with Netscape.
Dick Giering

Leslie Bialler wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> Regarding this discussion of Netscape v. Microsoft Internet Explorer:
>
> First, let me state that Netscape is Columbia's browser of choice. The machines
> in the office come equipped only with Netscape. (Recently I purchased a new
> Gateway machine for my home and Internet Explorer was, of course, pre-installed.
> I installed Netscape on the system, as I am quite familiar with it by now, and
> continue to use it exclusively. It is, of course, useful to have Explorer just
> in case someday I encounter a Web page that insists upon Explorer.) It does seem
> rather counterproductive to remove Explorer from your system as some sort of
> Anti-Gates posturing. You may need it, like it or not, apparently.
>
> That said, I am pondering this: Since many, if not most, of the subscribers here
> work as writers, editors, or journalists, I would be interested to know if, as I
> suspect, there is a pro-Netscape, anti-Explorer bias among members of the media.
> And, as a corollary, does this stem from having been raised on XyWrite in the
> first place.
>
> The reason why I speculate about this is simple: nearly always, when a web page
> is photographed for inclusion in a publication, the netscape "N" is clearly
> shown in the reproduction. This seems true of CNN and ABC News as well
> (although, needless to say, it is hardly true of MSNBC).
>
> Interesting, too, the screen shot is nearly always a Windows shot, although the
> N.Y. Times screen shots are obviously from the Cute Fruit world.
>
> I seem to recall that there is a gentleman from the Times who posts here
> sometimes. Perhaps he will comment.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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