Re: Moderately improved map of Microsoft tying evidence

[Tod Landis <landis@cruzio.com>]

  You've begged the real issue, which is control of
  the OS, the compilers, the SDKs, the applications,
  the browsers, and the servers.    Tod
  
  David E. Y. Sarna wrote:
  
  > Note that customer pressure forced Microsoft to correct that error in
  > Word.
  >
  > Regards,
  > David E. Y. Sarna       davids@objectsoftcorp.com
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  >
  > > -----Original Message-----
  > > From: Tod Landis [SMTP:landis@cruzio.com]
  > > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 1997 9:48 PM
  > > To:   Multiple recipients of list
  > > Subject:      Re: Moderately improved map of Microsoft tying evidence
  > >
  > > The problem is that one vendor will dominate
  > > the Desktop OS, the compilers, the SDKs, the
  > > desktop applications, the Internet browsers, and
  > > the Internet servers.
  > >
  > > The potential is there for that vendor to profit by
  > > building in obsolescence.  (One example I have in mind:
  > > is that Word 97 files cannot be read by Word 95)
  > >
  > > Tod Landis
  > >
  > > David E. Y. Sarna wrote:
  > >
  > > > 1. What exactly is wrong with Microsoft relying on portions of IE in
  > > > building Developer Studio?
  > > > 2. Yes, the new Microsoft help tools are based on html. RoboHelp
  > > (Blue
  > > > Sky Software) has tools for creating this kind of help very easily,
  > > or
  > > > converting existing help files.
  > > > 3. IE4 reads the new help files perfectly. The price is right
  > > (free).
  > > > What us the  problem, exactly?
  > > >
  > > > Regards,
  > > > David E. Y. Sarna       davids@objectsoftcorp.com
  > > > ObjectSoft Corp. (NASDAQ:OSFT)    http://www.objectsoftcorp.com
  > > > 433 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601
  > > > Tel.: (201) 343-9100    Fax: (201) 343-0056
  > > >
  > > > > -----Original Message-----
  > > > > From: Dave Sieber [SMTP:dsieber@terminal-impact.com]
  > > > > Sent: Friday, November 07, 1997 3:06 PM
  > > > > To:   Multiple recipients of list
  > > > > Subject:      Re: Moderately improved map of Microsoft tying
  > > evidence
  > > > >
  > > > > Hans Reiser wrote:
  > > > >
  > > > > >    * Visual Studio requires MSIE to install (needs a URL to the
  > > > > >      original sjmercury discussion group posting, so that we can
  > > > > >      request affidavits)
  > > > >
  > > > > Well, this one is certainly true. Actually, the installation
  > > program
  > > > > informs you: "...setup needs to update or install Microsoft
  > > Internet
  > > > > Explorer components required by the Developer Studio InfoViewer".
  > > If
  > > > > you
  > > > > click on "Cancel" at this point, the entire installation quits. If
  > > you
  > > > > click "Install", you get a message saying "Installing System and
  > > > > Internet Explorer Components". Alas, instead of just "components",
  > > you
  > > > > get a complete installation of IE3, including an "Internet" icon
  > > on
  > > > > your
  > > > > desktop and an "Internet Explorer" entry in your Start menu.
  > > Perhaps
  > > > > the
  > > > > currently shipping version installs IE4.
  > > > >
  > > > > The real oddity is that InfoViewer (the online help and
  > > documentation
  > > > > viewer) used to work fairly well, but in the latest revision the
  > > > > entire
  > > > > help contents have been, for some unknown reason, converted into
  > > some
  > > > > form of HTML (but compressed and not accessable by any "browser"
  > > other
  > > > > than InfoViewer).  It's far slower than the earlier edition, and
  > > the
  > > > > formatting is in many cases fouled up -- it looks like a bad rush
  > > job.
  > > > > Many negative comments appeared on MS's Developer Studio
  > > discussion
  > > > > group over the new "feature", which adds only the ability to
  > > browse
  > > > > the
  > > > > web from within DevStudio (the integrated InfoViewer is supposedly
  > > an
  > > > > IE
  > > > > window that appears within DevStudio). My favorite was from a
  > > > > programmer
  > > > > who declared that he didn't need or want "a web browser integrated
  > > > > into
  > > > > his compiler".
  > > > >
  > > > > --
  > > > > Dave Sieber
  > > > > dsieber@terminal-impact.com
  > > > > http://www.terminal-impact.com
  > > > .-
  > >
  > >
  > .-