RE: No Microsoft Breakup

["Sims, Ken" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim -

>I still think integrating the browser with the OS was a technically shrewd
>thing to do.  I don't think that an opportunity to improve the operating
>system and stabilize the Windows environment should be hampered by the fact
>that it puts browser competition out of business, or gives the customer
>fewer layered products to choose from.

Well, I object to it because I *strongly* prefer Netscape to IE.

(I don't want to start a browser war, so I won't go into the specifics.)

I would like to have explained how integrating the browser into the OS
"improves" and "stabilizes" in a way that integrating other applications
into the OS wouldn't.

I have a Windows NT4 system at home and I use Microsoft software as little
as possible except for the OS.  I use Netscape, Eudora, WS_FTP, Textpad,
Agent, etc., etc.  It's quite a stable system.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of
my employer or anyone in their right mind.