A plug (not plugin) for opera

[Joel Hammer]

Well, I would hope that the same fate would befall MS that befell IBM when
IBM tried to go the microchannel route and become non IBM compatible.
The way I see it, if all browsers work, then some (maybe many) people
will use a browser other than IE, like opera, which works fine with
windows. Then, if MS tries to changes the standard, web designers might
kick back. And, if even if MS changed the standards, they would have to
announce it so the web designers could rework their web pages. That would
give everybody a chance to catch up.

Maybe.

BTW, MS is making more money than ever, so, the paying public likes them, at
least.

Joel

On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 08:13:26PM -0700, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It
> > would be great if all browser designers emulated IE, then, we would all be
> > compatible and web designers wouldn't have a nightmare on their hands.
> 
> so... As soon as mozilla successfully emulates IE, MS will change the 
> 'standard', thereby dictating a new and everchanging goal. They can do 
> this at will by offering popup IE update windows which constantly make 
> other browsers incompatible. And they would do it just to retain control 
> of the market.
> 
> -- 
> Paranoid Ken Moffat
> kmoffat at drizzle.com
> 
> 
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