[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[MadHat]

At 09:27 AM 5/17/2001 -0500, Steve Jackson wrote:
>Ok, how?

They both suck.

This is the same argument as Linux Vs BSD Vs Windows or emacs Vs vi or 
Photoshop Vs Gimp or etc...  It is a religious war and not worth wasting 
bandwidth and time over.  Each person is entitled to their own 
opinions.  If you wish to discuss this, please take it off list.


>-----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
> > > --
> > > rcook at ntlug.org
> > > rcook at hex.net
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