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Subject: Re: Not acceptable!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 19:19:58 10/16/99

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On October 16, 1999 at 20:35:15, Pete Galati wrote:

>On October 16, 1999 at 20:22:31, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On October 16, 1999 at 12:51:08, Pete Galati wrote:
>>
>>>Bert, this is bad, I see no reason for Chessbase to turn out a CHESS program
>>>that requires the use of a very specific brand of browser.
>>>
>>>Pete
>>
>>IE 4.0 (5.0?) is part of the Win98 operating system, isn't it?  You could still
>>install netscape and ask it to display the files that end in .htm and .html if
>>you really want to, though.
>>
>>Dave
>
>It's not part of my Windows 95 and it won't become one unless Netscape slides
>down the tubes by being bought by AOL.  I see no reason to install IE just so
>that I can use Fritz, this probably won't affect their sales much other than the
>fact that Fritz is generally considered a  more serious program than CM and
>Netscape is considered a more serious browser than IE.
>
>My real question is actually did Bert mean IE 4.0 or later or alternatively
>Netscape (?.?) or later, or does he really mean only thing that will work is IE?
>
>But I can live without Fritz just fine.
>
>Pete

I think he meant IE 4.0.  Someone with a box would know best, but I'd imagine
that the system requirements are listed as Windows 98 or Windows 95 with
Internet Explorer 4.0+

IMO, Netscape has been down the tubes for a long time already.

Dave



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