Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 08:37:49 10/18/99
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On October 18, 1999 at 11:13:24, James Swafford wrote: >On October 18, 1999 at 01:02:16, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On October 17, 1999 at 23:32:59, Gustavo Pereira wrote: >> >>>I've seen a lot of messages saying something like 'outrageous', 'ridiculous', >>>'inacceptable' just because Fritz6 apparently needs IE5. >>>What's the big deal? >>>I guess that by now everyone should know that IE5 IS PART OF THE OPERATING >>>SYSTEM, like it or not. >>>With every new release of IE there come a lot of different cabs. What are those >>>if not 'politically correct' patches for Windows? >>>Also, IE has a lot of different libraries for improving GUIs. >>>I think there isn't anything really bad in what Chessbase did. >>> >>>And if you want to use a good browser, download Opera IMHO. >> >>The MS IE is not part of the operating system, I don't have it in my win95 and I >>will not install it, certainly not to get the new Fritz. I use Netscape because >>I prefer it and I don't have extra space for another browser. >> >>Pete > >By "THE" operating system he was referring to Win98. It comes >packaged with IE4/5, and relies on it for features like active >desktop. > >Microsoft defends their actions by claiming that they are trying >to integrate the internet into their OS. I thought you could get >by without installing it during setup, but another poster claims >that is not an option. Hmmm... > >What scares me is that the original poster plays down the fact that >the new Fritz requires IE5 because it is "part of the OS." >I believe MS is a good company. I use several of their products, >but that is exactly the kind of propaganda that put under other >good companies. Netscape was simply another target. > >I'm not sure what the solution is here. Maybe it's just one of >the ugly parts of the free enterprise system that we can't do >anything about. MS certainly has a right to package anything >they want into their software, don't they? CB has the same >right, don't they? Again, I don't know the answers. > >Perhaps it's just time we all take a step back and ask ourselves >what is and isn't right. There's a difference between "technical >purity" and "spiritual integrity." In other words, just because >you can do something doesn't mean you should. > >Just my $.02. :-) > >-- >James Yes! Just because people can complain because an OS provider has written code to handle internet-related issues so that every programmer doesn't have to write it themself, doesn't mean that people should. Dave
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