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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 14-01-2010 19:10, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

They still make most of their money from search engine and advertising.

But their let us call it SaaS/PaaS offerings for business are also
starting to make some money.

Arne