Subj : WPA gone?
To   : Richard Town
From : Joe Bruchis
Date : Wed Jul 18 2001 01:21 am

Richard Town wrote in a message to All:

 RT> MICROSOFT TO LET PC FIRMS CHANGE WINDOWS SETUP
 RT> Microsoft yesterday announced that in response to a federal
 RT> appeals court ruling it will change several practices in its
 RT> Windows operating system for the XP version of the software, due
 RT> out this October. 

So, it appears that all the demands by the install prog to remove incompatible 
software, was just a way of MS toying with us..sort of a gotcha. When the 
install of XP Pro told me to uninstall at least 20 pieces of software, I 
wondered if the Monopoly actions of the courts would even be enforced. 
Apparently, it was just a last attempt by MS to thumb their nose at us. 

I'm glad I chose not to install it! Hopefully the changes will allow my 
expensive software to co-exist with the new XP. Otherwise, I'll stick with Win 
98, until some new competitive OS drops from the heavens. Unfortunately, I 
don't think Linux can move fast enough in that direction.

Happy Days
  ---Joe 
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: FireBBS.DynDNS.Org - Houma, LA          (1:3830/4)

.