msnbc news alert installer: "Unable to start browser"
Jeremy White
jwhite at codeweavers.com
Thu Jan 3 23:34:38 CST 2002
>
> Yep. With Microsoft stuff, they tend to call the free downloads
> 'operating system components' to make it sound more reasonable.
> They can't use that dodge with products from MSNBC, though, so
> it looks more ham-handed there.
To be fair, it's not just Microsoft - Macromedia does it too
(check out the license for Shockwave sometime); in their case,
they do it to protect their sales in the embedded market.
Still can't say I like it much (and watch me duck the
actual work you asked for...<g>).
Jer
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