daft question...

March 5, 2003 3:17 PM from

I dont know how Micro$oft feels about rival shells running on top of windows instead of explorer, but why dont MS have a range of shells, so the user can choose how they want windows to look, instead of being stuck with that damn startbar? if anything it might just make windows users a little happier.

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Reply #1 March 5, 2003 3:47 PM from

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why would microsoft advertise for someone else with their own development, work, and money?

Reply #2 March 5, 2003 3:48 PM from

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What's it with people who like spelling microsoft with a dollar sign? It's starting to bug me a little bit.

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Reply #3 March 5, 2003 4:05 PM from

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i mean why done microsoft <- see with an S, create some alternate shells so we can choose from a range when we first instal windows. like with most distributions of linux.

Reply #4 March 5, 2003 4:08 PM from

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Cause this is more fun and you can make your own and there are so many choices and much of this is free

Reply #5 March 5, 2003 4:19 PM from

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Probably Microlimp doesn't realize there could be an alternative to explorer. If someone would make an alternate shell that cost a lot of money and became popular, then you could bet the next version of Windows would have it built in.

Reply #6 March 5, 2003 4:35 PM from

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Or that Winblows is an OS and not a net node on every desktop !

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