[mso] Re: (no subject)
- From: "R. Kowaney" <rubyco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:20:40 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Thanks for the history lesson, never knew that! =)
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>From: Dian Chapman <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jul 25, 2009 2:21 AM
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>Although Linda is gonna jump in and bust heads for discussing a nonOffice
>app here...I just have to giggle about this cos' my first MVP summit was in
>Spring of 1996 shortly after Bill "recently" realized the Internet "might"
>become important<g>...and we were told about (under NDA) about the new
>"Newsreader" that they were working on that we would now need to learn to
>use because the MS tech support forums on CompuServe were moving to...the
>Internet! Amongst grumbles against change<g>...we watched a presentation on
>how to use this "new MS Newsreader" app...called Outlook Express! OH, and it
>would also support basic email functions! ;-)
>
>Now, of course, everyone knows OE and its incarnations as an email client,
>but it was pretty much designed to allow people to access/use newsgroups on
>the net, which is why it was basically an add-on for Internet Explorer. And
>why there used to be an icon in IE to open OE when you wanted to converse in
>a newsgroup (what forums and places like Facebook were back then). AND...why
>when you click Tools > Options > Programs Outlook Express is listed as your
>default Newsgroup reader.
>
>See more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook_Express#History for those of
>you geeks.
>
>That's all for our history lesson today...you'll be quizzed later. ;-)
>
>Dian D. Chapman
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