Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?

"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization VPEA
Message-ID <cs98pl$73a1__42246.7001168572$1105733515$gmane$org@ripley.netscape.com>
Howard Brazee wrote:
> On 14-Jan-2005, Ed Mullen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>>.  I prefer the suite concept over the FF + TB concept, so
>>
>>>>Mozilla is just a better fit for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>If you prefer the suite concept over the best of breed concepts, then you're
>>>the ideal MicroSoft customer.
>>
>>Why in heavens name would you reply like that to a very reasonable
>>response?  Sheesh.  It doesn't even make sense.  Microsoft's analogous
>>products are NOT a suite like Mozilla.  IE and OE are just like FF and
>>TB: a *pair* of apps.
> 
> 
> Outlook is part of Office.

Outlook is another Product altogether that is designed strickly for 
business use and cost hundreds of dollars, if over a $1000.00.

Entourage is part of Office with is an Addressbook and Planer with 
OutLook Express capabilities tacked on.

I may be a Mac person , but I did work on PC's for a school system and I 
do know about some of the products and history of MicroSoft.
> 
> 
>>And "best of breed" may be arguable for FF vs. IE, I'm not sure TB is
>>there yet.  Neither, separately or paired, in my experience, is a match
>>for the Suite.  Just my opinion.
> 
> 
> The discussion is which concept is better, not which implementation.   He
> prefers the suite concept.   Microsoft likes to sell suits to people who like
> the suite concept and who might or might not have bought Access along with their
> Excel, had they been shopping for best of breed.
> 
> Implementation issues can override philosophical preferences, but the above
> quote was only concerned with the latter.


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