Re: Reiser Proves Bill Gates Is Right?

["Norm" <normanmo@clark.net>]

On Thu, 1 Jan 1998 22:12:34 -0500 (EST), Tod Landis wrote:

>No, not a slippery slope.  File systems and browsers are much different
>kinds of software.  Traditionally, providing a file system has been
>something done by the OS.  For example:  Unix, CP/M, RSTS/E, etc.
>all provide file systems.   Reiser's success or failure shouldn't have much
>impact.

     It's a 'red herring', an analogy between a filesystem and a
browser doesn't work.  The difference is that you can't install an OS
without filesystem support, but you CAN install an OS without an
internet browser.


>It might make sense to allow Microsoft to provide a watered-down
>browser with their OS offerings--something similar to what they have
>done with WordPad.  But it is obviously wrong to allow them to leverage
>off their OS position to drive Netscape out of business


     Maybe a basic html engine that would allow you to view basic html
pages, but not anything with all the additional features of an IE. 
That said I'm sure M$ isn't at all interested in such an animal. 
Unless they can use it to control internet content they're not going to
bother.

 ...Cheers,

 ...Norm

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