[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Steve Jackson]

Why would you be so against putting IE on a Linux machine?  I would love to
have IE on my Linux box.  Standard extension issues aside, IE is a far
superior browser to Nutscrape.  It has much better support for DHTML,
Layers, etc.  Just my opinion.

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Dennis Myhand
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 10:29 PM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?


Hi Rick:

How they can tell is (they think) by the type of work you turn in.  If it is
a
MS.doc document then they are certain you are complying with their rules and
not
doing something devious and un-American like using Star Office and saving
your
work as a MS document.  I really hate to say it but this school of mine has
gone
totally MS in the last year.  The head of my department even refers to open
source as "the Linux bunch and their socialist business model."  It is sad
when
we equate the freedom of the academic ideal to be considered nothing more
than a
"socialist business model."

I did look through the MS site today at work and found IE4 for Unix, and a
Solaris IE5 listed on the site.  I have no intention of putting IE on my
Linux
box, nor on my Solaris 8 box.  It ain't gonna happen, I don't care if they
do
find out I use Star Office and start knocking points off.  Thanks, Dennis in
Waco

Rick Cook wrote:

> > (sadly), my school has embraced the darkside and become an all Microsoft
> > shop, to the extent of taking point off from students who do not use MS
> > products.  Thanks, Dennis in Waco
>
> Just out of curiousity, how can they tell what products you are using?
>
> Rick
> --
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> rcook at hex.net
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