Re: Boycott Microsoft
Posted in 1998
Topics: Platform-Specific Issues
I have both IE and Netscape on my computer at work because of the sites that I needed to access that only Netscape will work with. Part of the problem here is our firewall, which I believe is an IBM product. -- Bob Bonneville Lebanon, PA USA Remove *noMOspam* from EMail address before replying. James Stafford <jamess@cts.com> wrote in article <355EAFB7.E572C8FE@cts.com>... > Rick wrote: > > > > Gil Harvey <Gil@Old-Hippy.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > What does that have to do with MS or IE? That's > > > because some idiot doesn't know HTML. > > > > No. Its becasue MS software can ID what browser you are running and deny > > access. Some Mac people have come up with a hack that makes navigator ID > > itself as IE. Voila!!! All web sites are now open.. even the previously > > closed MS dominant ones. > > -- > > *** To reply remove nospam from my return address. *** > > There are even Banks that force you to use certain OS's to do online > banking! There's a hack for Linux to correct this injustice. > > jamess >