Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?
Ed Mullen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows |
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| Organization | Another Netscape Collabra Server User |
| Message-ID | <cs9orj$f551__15758.1830201254$1105750039$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 EXPRESS is what most people use and is NOT part of anything other than Windows. > > >>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. You totally ignore my point. And now I guess I'll do the same. Sigh. -- Ed Mullen http://edmullen.net http://edmullen.net/moz.html