[Info-vax] IE8 got me too :-( Sorry Jeff.

Bill Gunshannon billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
Thu Jan 14 19:10:40 EST 2010


In article <paul.nospam-979D03.21115614012010 at pbook.sture.ch>,
	Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> In article <7r97cuFbouU1 at mid.individual.net>,
>  billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> 
>> In article <paul.nospam-8C8DF6.19241614012010 at pbook.sture.ch>,
>> 	Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>> > In article <7r8j8hF3qnU3 at mid.individual.net>,
>> >  billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> > 
>> >> And if you are writting web pages that use features of ACID3 that IE
>> >> doesn't do and you competitor is not who is going to pay the price?
>> >> The target should be your desired audience and not some obscure ivory
>> >> tower standard.
>> > 
>> > But if everyone waited for the last in the race to catch up, we'd never 
>> > make any progress.
>> 
>> It's all about busioness.  If the academics want to keep pushing the
>> envelope, that's fine.  After all, that is their business and how they
>> attract customers (read students).  But if your business is selling
>> something other than fancy web pages with limited readership then you
>> need to concentrate on what makes you profitable.  That almost never
>> is pushing the Web envelope.
>> 
> 
> Please tell Google that.

Well, I still haven't figured out just where Google's money comes
from so I can't say if they are pushing the right product or not.

bill
 

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