Re: Boycott Microsoft

[roger@. (Roger )]

On Thu, 21 May 1998 13:17:05 GMT, someone claiming to be Will Smith
wrote:

>On Thu, 21 May 1998 03:17:05 GMT, roger@. wrote:

>|>Win98 doesn't have IE "bolted on" but has always been designed with
>|>that functionality built in. 
>
>they mean the same thing in the end.  you can't seperate IE from Win98
>without discombobulating the whole thing.  pretty sneaky, if you ask
>me.

"Bolted on" suggests just the opposite -- undo a couple of bolts, and
remove it.

>|>Well, at least he is admitting now that his posts are not meant to be
>|>factual.
>
>hardly.  if you bothered to learn how to READ, you'll find in the
>first line, he makes a specific reference to the paragraph he
>described as "not necessarily accurate...".  that does not mean that
>the REST of his post(s) are likewise.

Except that many of them are....

>stop being a lemming and learn an issue from BOTH sides before you
>jump at a decision.  you'll be glad you did.  (and, in this case, you
>may even find that you don't side with M$ as much as you thought you
>would!)

Is * anyone * here capable of arguing the issues without resorting to
ad hominem?