From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jun 1 19:33:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA14178 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:33:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.184.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14052; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:32:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kib@poboxes.com) Received: from mcfeely.concentric.net (mcfeely.concentric.net [207.155.184.83]) by darius.concentric.net (8.8.8/(98/04/23 5.10)) id WAA28931; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:32:27 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from kib (ts001d17.lan-mi.concentric.net [206.173.98.29]) by mcfeely.concentric.net (8.8.8) id WAA15059; Mon, 1 Jun 1998 22:32:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <000c01bd8dcf$55179f00$023aa8c0@kib.kib.net> Reply-To: "Jason" From: "Jason" To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Cc: , , , , Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 19:55:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > using their OS monopoly to push their browser. > gateway recently announced that MS will allow > gateway to ship computer with the netscape browser. This I totally agree with. If this can be proven in court then MS ought to be fined for this. > gateway should not need nor seek MS's allowance or > approval when installing another company's software > on gateway computers. Absoltely! > it is illegal to use a monopoly in one area to push > your product in another. a browser aint part of the > OS. one can make a browser the sole interface to the > OS, but it aint part of the OS. Well...it has been a part of this OS since 1995. No one has complained then. And if MS wants to give away a free OS and intregrate it into their OS then let them. Nothing stopping Netscape or any others from doing the same. BTW....thanks for getting serious on this....many others just want to whine and make personal attacks rather than discuss the issues. Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message