>From Advanced-HTML:
>
>RE the Reuters wire story below:
>This is EXACTLY the same crap that MS used with early versions Windows
>-- when a machine had a different version of DOS [where there WERE
>different versions of DOS] -- the user would get a "this may not work"
>error message.
>
>And look that this additional crap - FrontPage 98 COMES WITH WIN98
>Installed???? is this bloody true?
>
>
>> >*** Microsoft, Internet provider scrap over error message
>> >
>> >An angry Internet service provider based in Canada said Microsoft
>> >Corp.'s new Windows 98 software appeared to suggest some of his
>> >customers should go elsewhere. The suggestion popped up in several
>> >error messages on the customers' computer screens, the pesky boxes
>> >that flash on to a screen when something is not quite right. "You
>> >might want to try selecting 'other Internet provider' from the list
>> >of Internet service providers," one of the messages said in part.
>> >That and similar error messages showed up for some users who tried to
>> >publish Web pages they had composed with Microsoft's Front Page
>> >Express, which comes with the Windows 98 operating system software.
Kathy, I doubt that FP comes with Win98. Though perhaps the latest version
of IEv4 has some FP capabilities built in, just as Communicator includes
Netscape Composer for web authoring?
I suspect this incident occurred when web newbies using FP went to
"publish" (upload through FP) their pages and the ISPs web server was not
equipped to handle FP protocols (i.e., proprietary MS horseshit). This
would be a problem. I believe it is correct that you can't publish web
pages with FP unless the server has the FP extensions installed. Others no
doubt no more about this...
Barry <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Web Design & Development - Online Marketing <http://www.ToTheWeb.com>
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