> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gill, Kathy
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 5:00 PM
> You know, MS keeps giving me reasons to ReallyReallyReally dislike them.
So Netscape wanted $21,250 up front and Microsoft was willing to give
him something for free and wait to make their profits on future sales
to his customers. I don't understand what it is that you find
distasteful. Both companies did a major piece of development up
front (obviously NS wasn't going to start work when they got the
$21K) and both companies want to make a profit. It seems to me that
Netscape was the less user-friendly of the two in this vignette.
Of course, if you ReallyReallyReally *want* to dislike Microsoft,
it's easy to find reasons. Hey, I Really*3 dislike Newt Gingrich.
> And for anyone who still thinks that they didn't/aren't using existing
> products to "buy" market share for MSIE, please see this
> commentary from an ISP who chose MSIE over NN ....
Is there supposed to be something wrong with giving breaks on one
product to encourage use of another? This is a cornerstone of
American business; the standard B-school example is George Gillette
discounting or giving away razors to build up the sale of blades.
I think that the knee-jerk reaction against Microsoft that permeates
much of the web developer literature is extremely unfortunate. In my
experience developing web sites (since '94), IE4 is *vastly* superior
to NS4; I can't think of a single example where I've found it easier
to do something for NS than it was for IE. It seems to me that
prejudice against Microsoft is one of the major factors keeping the
NS browser from joining Mosaic in the software graveyard.
Bob Munck
Mill Creek Systems LC
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