"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Gerry Atricks" <gerry@atricks.com> wrote in message
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>> "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> Ken Blake wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:57:05 -0700, MikeS <mscir@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>> 5. Windows 7 comes with *no* e-mail or newsgroup program. Although
>>>>> many people object to this, I think it's a step in the right
>>>>> direction, since it leaves everyone more free to choose whatever
>>>>> program(s) he likes best.
>>>>
>>>> That's bull. People have ALWAYS been able to choose the mail client
>>>> they
>>>> like best.
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>>> Bull yourself. What do the MAJORITY do? "Choose" what's dished up to
>>> them on a plate.
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>> You really are an asshole.
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> Not at all. that's EXACTLY what happens.
> OE and IE. "Why should I bother to find another email client or browser
> when I've already got one?"
> If YOU think that is people "choosing" whichever email client they want or
> whichever browser they want then you've got a very weird definition of
> "choice"...
It's still choosing. If I choose to stay with what came with the system
instead of looking around, it's still a choice
I tried other mail and news clients, both MS and non-MS, besides OE, and
ended up coming back to it because I liked it best.
When I went from Vista to 7, I tried other clients also, but went with WLM.
There were others that were near as good, but I stayed with WLM since I was
comfortable with it. It's not the "spiffiest" looking kid on the block, but
works well and has all I need in one spot.
Same story with browsers. I tried others, but chose to come back to IE. The
only one I would have stayed with (if it was still around) other than IE was
Netscape Navigator. Does that mean I had no choice in choosing what I want?
Not in my book. . .
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SC Tom