A plug (not plugin) for opera

[Ken Moffat]

Joel Hammer wrote:
> 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
> 

I had a long diatribe written about MS and IE and the public, but I 
dumped it, not wishing to get in to this too deeply.

One question;
why use opera with a banner ad, when IE has none and is free? It's only 
a matter of time until IE gets just as fast, and incorporates all the 
features of Opera. They give it away, because they can, and it drives 
out the competition.
In my opinion, MS claims to innovate, but what they really do is buy and 
control innovation.
(and I'm from Seattle!)

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Ken Moffat
kmoffat at drizzle.com