From: "Paul H. Merrill" <phm@sprynet.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 03:09:00 +0800
To: James Love <love@cptech.org>
Subject: Re: Proof IE4 not an OS, was Re: Bill Gates, the Bully Savior
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James Love wrote:
> 
> Nifty comment by Michael McMain on JavaLobbyCafe@iceworld.org
> list:
> 
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> 
> A friend at work made an interesting point about MS's claim that IE4 is
> simply an OS extension and not an application.  All the DA has to do is
> turn on a Power Mac, start IE4, turn to MS and say "So what other parts
> of your OS run on the Macintosh exactly?".
 The MS assertion is not that IE only works within the OS.  Just that it
is a part.

PHM