> The thing to remember, Netscape and IE aren't the Internet, they are
> clients. Windows 95 gave windows users Dial up networking and plug and
> play. This let them buy a modem and easily install it, and easily connect
> to an isp. Then they could get Mosaic or Netscape.
>
> What it brought was an easy to use and configure system to connect. People
> didn't have to understand TCP/IP or PPP all they had to do was click the
> wizard and they were on the Internet. That is what MS did for the Internet
> and the Computer industry
But the tools for dial-up networking that STARTED the public looking at the
Internet were already provided by a company other than MS prior to Windows
95, and prior to OS3.1 Windows for Workgroups for that matter. It's another
case of taking another product, rewriting it, and building it into the OS.
MS get all the credit for tieing those tools into a wizard? But they weren't
responsible for those tools. The people I think were responsible for
todays's interest in the internet are the developers of the dial up tools
before they were incorpoated into Windows, and Netscape. (I know Mosaic came
first, paris, and I know Netscape didn't start the net)... but it was they
that got people 'really' looking at the internet, and started the trend.
When I first connected to the Internet... the only MS thing on the computer
was the OS. None of the dial-up tools, browsing tools, hell, not even the
TCP stack.. MS just wrote the cheque for the marketing, and watched the bank
accounts grow from people who believed MS were oh so wonderful!!!
Do you also think MS are responsible for bringing MP3 to the public, because
they have a media player in the OS now?
> I still use Netscape, and I still use Eudora, why, security, I still
> haven't send a major bug that has directly effected both of these.
hmm... I don't even bother with Windows!! :^)
After 15 years of using their products, and spending an arm and a leg in
upgrading hardware and software every few months, I decided to go somewhere
else. And I have to say, my computing experiences have been far more
satisfying since. Yes, there is the occaisonal frustration now and again...
but there is always another option, whereas generally there isn't if you run
into a problem with Windows.
Maybe my original email is just another form of venting.... I'm not an MS
hater, as though it may across as that... I resent them for their unethical
business practices, because I am a very ethical person myself, and I resent
them for treating their customers like shit when it comes to support and more
to the point when it comes to releasing new products. Well, they say the one
way to show it is with your wallet, and I have. I suspect more will follow
when they hear of how much easier it is to install Linux now... (Mandrake was
a complete breeze)... and that they can still run it on their older
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