[93301] in Cypherpunks
Re: Microsoft Metaphors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul H. Merrill)
Fri Jan 16 14:08:29 1998
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:43:22 -0800
From: "Paul H. Merrill" <paulmerrill@acm.org>
To: Blanc <blancw@cnw.com>
Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: "Paul H. Merrill" <paulmerrill@acm.org>
Blanc wrote:
>
> The new upcoming version of Windows gives the user the choice of using
> Internet Explorer as the main interface for access to the desktop icons,
> the computer files, internet services like AOL, or web pages. It is still
> the user's choice to use Win95 as they are accustomed to - they must
> manually select this option in order to use it - but it is a new way of
> using Internet Explorer, for more than just viewing web pages.
>
> You could say it is becoming the window from which to view the rest of the
> rooms in the house, including what's beyond, outside of it.
> ..
> Blanc
It is currently available for such use. No just upcoming.
PHM
