Author: Pete Galati
Date: 08:47:23 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 Well, in this case, my solution will be to not buy Fritz6, I probably wouln't have anyhow, there's so many good programs for download (Tristram for example) that there's no real need for me to feel pressured to buy commercial programs (allthough rich in fluff features) to satisfy my Chess playing needs. And if CM is now making garbage, and Fritz now requires a specific browser, then I have to figure that Ed's company Rebel is going to come out of this smelling pretty darn good. I think I've allready seen at least a couple of people saying "Hmmmm, Chess Tiger, hmmmm." Pete
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