Re: Boycott Microsoft

mearls_at_my-dejanews.com wrote:
>
> > Netscape is a cross-platform solution. Microsoft isn't. Indeed,
> > Netscape even went so far as to release the source to the browser
> > with the proprietary tags. Still waiting for Microsoft to release
> > the source to ActiveX.
>
> WHAT?!!! You really DON'T know what you are talking about. I program
> ActiveX every day. Microsoft releases the "code" for their software every
> day. If you can't figure it out, that's your problem. The ActiveX family
> (DCOM, COM, ActiveX distibution, etc.) is some of the finest programming
> I've ever seen and it makes my life a lot easier as a programmer. I wish you
> MS haters would stop repeating what you've read or heard on CNN and think for
> yourselves. Besides, what are you doing in an MS newsgroup anyway? This is
> supposed to be where fellow programmers/administrators get together and help
> each other
> figure it out. MS haters, either get with it and learn this stuff, or get
> away from it and save us all the pain of having to rewrite billions of
> dollars worth of software because you lazy dorks keep getting in the way of
> progress.
>
> Oh yeah, have a great day... :-)
>
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Now I am just a plain newbie when it comes to computers. I had Microsoft 95 installed when I upgraded my computer...it had a bad sector so I called them and they replaced all of the disks even though I hadn't purchased them separately. Then I went out and bought Netscape Navigator Gold 3.0 and installed it and use it as my default browser. Microsoft asked me if I wanted their browser to come on at start up: I said no, thanks. It then asked me if I wanted their Internet Browser to be my default browser, I said no thanks. It is there on my desktop..and I use it when a site is particular designed for them...otherwise I use Netscape. MICROSOFT GAVE ME THE CHOICE...what is the fuss about? dr marty Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT