[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet Explorer?

[Dennis Myhand]

I fear the dreaded BSOD

Steve Jackson wrote:

> 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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