Re: Should the Fed Gov break up Microsoft?

[Sehkmet <tbogard1@MYhome.com>]

Supertimer wrote:
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
> >Adalbert Goertz writes ...
> >>
> >> yes
> > ....
> >
> >     Tend to disagree. Microsoft has done a good job of delivering a decent
> >standard OS for PC machines. If they were close to having a monopoly it is
> >because millions of users 'voted' for Microsoft products.
> 
> I have to agree with Adalbert and disagree with you on this one.
> 
> I vote yes.
> 
> Although I "voted" for the Windows 95 OS, I did not vote for the IE
> browser.  I want the option of using another browser, but as
> another user already pointed out, there are conflicts between
> Netscape's product and Windows 98.  I hate the way they stitched
> IE into Windows 98 so that you can't take it out without messing
> up the system.  Apparently, even installing a competing browser
> sometimes messes things up.
> 
> I've always used Netscape products and have gotten used to
> them.  I want the option to use a browser and an OS from
> different companies.  If the only way to do this is to break up
> Microsoft into one company for browser, one company for the
> office programs, and one company for the OS, so be it.

You can remove IE 4 from Win98.  Goto http://www.98lite.net/ .
I think they are working on removing IE 5 from Win98SE.
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