Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:04:24 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: "Open Systems Inc." <opsys@omaha.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <36F27588.1A591EBF@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990319073643.1795A-100000@localhost>
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"Open Systems Inc." wrote:
>
> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > Err, why exactly would any self-respecting Unix user want Internet
> > Exploder?
>
> Not to condone IE or MS but netscape renders slower than hell.
> I can pull up our local news papers URL and it sits for a good few seconds
> while it renders the page then draws it. IE just loads it right up.
> I just don't like netscape that much anymore. Its slow, buggy and slow.
> And between the two choices IE seems more stable, and faster.
> Granted im sure its full of hacks and whatnot but it's still faster.
>
I'd agree that Netscape has become a real dog in the performance
dept., and I'm looking for another browser that has the "features" of
Netscape but is not such a slug, but I would draw the line at using
IE. What is going to be next? MS Office for Linux?.
The danger with M$ porting apps to Linux is having M$ "standards"
imposed (Unix users using Word docs as a standard file format :-( ).
FreeBSD should reject the use of IE, let the Linux camp become
infected with the M$ virus (I wonder what RMS, ESR et al think of
it?).
> I cant believe I just endorsed a MS product,
You should be asheamed. Go and wash your mouth out with soap ;-)
> Chris
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