[91295] in Cypherpunks
Re: More microsoft monopoly::Re: NT 4.0 Option Pack released
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Honig)
Wed Dec 3 13:25:42 1997
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 09:23:02 -0800
To: Ray Arachelian <sunder@brainlink.com>
From: David Honig <honig@otc.net>
Cc: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@algebra.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net,
cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971203104659.18987C-100000@beast.brainlink.c
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Reply-To: David Honig <honig@otc.net>
At 10:52 AM 12/3/97 -0500, Ray Arachelian wrote:
>Microsoft has now broken up the Service Packs into Bug Fix and Option Pack
>(new feechures) packages.
>
>However the catch is this: they require you to have Internet Exploiter
>4.01 installed *BEFORE* you can install the Option Pack (whose features
>have little to do with Internet Exploiter, though they are part of the
>IIS web server. For example RAIDUS Remote Access Authentication has
>nothing to do with Exploiter.)
>
>IMHO: This is a cheap shot at making their browser more "incorporated"
>with the OS, that way they can get around the Justice Dept. :( Lame.
>Another message claims VC++ requires IE as well -- can anyone confirm
>this?
>
You must have IE (3+) installed in order to use MS's visual java, FYI.
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