Microsoft Metaphors (fwd)

17 Dec 2003


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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:09:09 -0500
From: Declan McCullagh 
Subject: Microsoft Metaphors
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What are the best metaphors to use when talking about a browser and an
operating system? Is the combination like a car and an engine, or a car and
a roofrack? A pair of gloves?
It seem to me to be like a car and a road map. It simply lets you address
the multiplicity of resources (ie destinations) out there in a convenient
model.


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