[Info-vax] OT: Rob Short: Operating System Evolution

[Paul Sture]

In article <y0c_m.14037$U5.212322 at newsb.telia.net>,
 Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:

> JF Mezei wrote:
> > Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> > 
> >> It is definitely possible to have a SL app that does not
> >> work with ML.
> > 
> > And is best to just say "NO" to Microsoft trying yet again to force itw
> > own proprietary standard onto the world. Just disable "Silverlight" and
> > don't want any content distributed in that format.
> > 
> > If people want to distribute content they will choose a format which is
> > accepted by the community.
> 
> What is your definition of "the community ??
> If I'm not wrong, 95% of the "community" run Microsoft OS and
> tools so disabling those tools cuts you of from a large part
> of todays world (at least the online world).
> It's up to you I guess but it seems a bit silly.

I remember a job agency using that 95% figure to justify rewriting their 
web site to cater for MSIE _only_.

They forgot that their largest corporate customer didn't run MSIE.

-- 
Paul Sture