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Re: win95 and IEAK6.0

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Winders)
Wed Nov 21 14:50:15 2001

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:45:12 -0600 (CST)
From: Tim Winders <twinders@SPC.cc.tx.us>
To: Bill Larson <blarson@compu.net>
Cc: isp-tech@isp-tech.com, <nanog@nanog.org>
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The problem is that IE6 does not support Win95.  You need a minimum of
Win98 to install IE6...

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        Tim Winders, MCSE, CNE, CCNA
        Associate Dean of Information Technology
        South Plains College
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On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, Bill Larson wrote:

> It appears that without telling anyone Microsoft decided the Internet
> Explorer Admin Kit version 6.0 which generates a custom IE web browser for
> ISP's would no longer support Windows 95. I do not know about the rest of
> you however, I have many Windows 95 users still signing on to my service. I
> think it is time to let Microsoft know our displeasure about this clear
> abuse of their monopoly position. Once someone else confirms this behavior,
> I intend to raise a stink with the national news media, the federal
> government and the nine states that are still suing Microsoft.
>
> Bill Larson
> Network Administrator
> Compu-Net Enterprises
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