Re: Boycott Microsoft

> >There are Internet sites out there where you either have to have Win95 >or Internetexplorer or you can't get on them, not matter what kind of >computer you have. There are website that only work if you have Navigator as well - are they equally as evil ? > >> >Look at java, supposed to >> >run on all computers but what does Micro$soft do with it? >> >> Java is owned and operated by Sun. MS has limited java support. If the >> ceo of Sun wouldn't be such a bonehead when it comes to industry >> standards..etc, java would have a better chance as a platform. Furthermore, >> Why should MS promote something which has the potential of being a threat to >> it's own share of the operating system market? > >And you have to have Microsoft's version of Java to get the benefits of >the Java on a site that uses MS java. True MS doesn't have to support >Java. MS has ActiveX or is it AtiveVirus. Sun is trying to stop MS from >shipping Java with Win98. Of course, "normal" Java still works equally well, and faster than any other browser under IE - but that doesn't matter to you does it ? -- It is a period of system war. User programs, striking from a hidden directory, have won their first victory against the evil Administrative Empire. During the battle, User spies managed to steal secret source code to the Empire's ultimate program: the Are-Em Star, a privileged root program with enough power to destroy an entire file structure. Pursued by the Empire's sinister audit trail, Princess _LPA0 races ~ aboard her shell script, custodian of the stolen listings that could save her people, and restore freedom and games to the network... -- DECWARS