Re: Future of Windows 98/NT & IE 4.0...

Posted by Blacknight on December 12, 1997 at 14:33:12:

In Reply to: Future of Windows 98/NT & IE 4.0... posted by Dave Waite on December 12, 1997 at 07:57:21:

VERY good idea dave, maybe microsoft will give you a job :-)

: Seems to me, that although courts ruled that IE must
: not be required to be included in future releases of
: 98 or NT, they could flip the product around and
: provide enhanced capabilities in IE as a product
: which includes local processing functions normally
: ascribed to operating systems. (IE 98? or expand
: Outlook, perhaps a better name)??? Hmmm. I feel that
: the future of computing is going to require the
: integration of the browser and the OS in order to
: provide support of future applications that will need
: both in order to function. Requiring the browser and
: OS to be seperate would then be like saying device
: drivers are not required to be delivered with the
: operating system. In reality, perhaps MS could still
: deliver Windows 98 by providing an OS setup which
: detects that IE has been omitted and configures the OS
: with a lesser capability; and perhaps IE could be
: added/installed via setup at a later time should the
: user choose to do so. They have already setup this
: capability to some extent with delivery of IE 4.0
: which offers enhancements to the OS interface.

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: VERY good idea dave, maybe microsoft will give you a job :-) : : Seems to me, that although courts ruled that IE must : : not be required to be included in future releases of : : 98 or NT, they could flip the product around and : : provide enhanced capabilities in IE as a product : : which includes local processing functions normally : : ascribed to operating systems. (IE 98? or expand : : Outlook, perhaps a better name)??? Hmmm. I feel that : : the future of computing is going to require the : : integration of the browser and the OS in order to : : provide support of future applications that will need : : both in order to function. Requiring the browser and : : OS to be seperate would then be like saying device : : drivers are not required to be delivered with the : : operating system. In reality, perhaps MS could still : : deliver Windows 98 by providing an OS setup which : : detects that IE has been omitted and configures the OS : : with a lesser capability; and perhaps IE could be : : added/installed via setup at a later time should the : : user choose to do so. They have already setup this : : capability to some extent with delivery of IE 4.0 : : which offers enhancements to the OS interface.