Re: The Gaming Zone FAQ answer to supported OS's

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 5/4/98 5:12 AM ---

>Perhaps I'm just being dense, but if nothing other than 95 and NT is
>supported, why do they say "almost" all of their growth has been on those
>platforms?

This reminds me of the classic Mad Magazine feature "What they say, and 
what they really mean." (Evidence of misspent youth should be duly noted.)

When they say "has grown" I think they mean "had grown." The period 
covered in this statement is May of '97 through the previous June. 
Microsoft bought IGZ in January '96, and restricted access to Navigator 
users in July '96. So, "on the facts" they might be right, or at least 
close. But Microsoft announced when they purchased IGZ that 
Non-Windows/MSIE users would be out on the pavement in short order, so 
they could hardly have expected much non-Windows growth during the first 
six months of '96. As usual, not exactly inaccurate, merely disingenuous.

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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