[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Steve Jackson]

Ok, how?

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
Of Daniel L. Shipman
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:16 AM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?


Let's not get into the browser conversation. Netscape is far far far
superior.


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Jackson <sjackson at stratmarkcorp.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:45 AM
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?


> 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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