From: Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:09:16 +0800
To: cypherpunks@EINSTEIN.ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
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> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 18:18:07 -0700 (PDT)
> From: RedRook <redrook@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)

> Please elaborate. Netscape works fine on Windows 98, and faces the
> same restrictions with installation that original Windows 95 had. 

No Netscape on NT or 95/98 is no where near as stable as on a Linux or
Solaris box (the two that I use most). I can't go 24 hours on my NT for
example without Netscape hanging for some mysterious reason whereas I've
run Netscape (even on my HP 10.10) for days without a hang and those
mysterious pauses it's so famous for.
 
> As for Java, Java works as well on Windows as on any other platform. 

Yep, that explains why my NT's have to be rebooted almost daily because of
various issues and my various unix boxes go for weeks....yep, that's more
stable all right.

> It's funny how giving the customers more value for their money, always
> ends up being anti-competative.

How do you figure Win98 gives me more value for my money? I buy Win98 for
$100 or so, have to have gobs of memory and a damned fast processor to even
come close to the alternate OS'es.

> network, that they can quickly add a jillion features to any program,

And just as many bugs.

> and make so much money off of it, that it's difficult for anyone but a
> multi-million dollar company to compete

Only becuase they intentionly go after the smaller companies and create
various issues (eg the DrDos intentional break) that nearly guarantee that
smaller firms are out before they even start.

> And no, taking the browser out of Windows is not going to change that.

You have a penchant for random wandering....


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