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

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In article <7rj6oqFut2U2 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>In article <0101e235$0$27816$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
>	JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 
>>> The companies that are pushing the web envelope are doing
>>> pretty good business wise.
>> 
>> 
>> Microsoft did not push the web envelope. It purposefully made its
>> products so that those not using IE would be "punished "and unable to
>> access web sites.
>
>Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
>stupidity.  I have seen web pages that used these same concepts to
>create web pages that not only can not be viewed with IE but go so
>far as to display a page telling the viewer that they can not use
>IE to view the page.  Most swords cut both ways.
>
>> 
>> 
>> Google didn't set out to prevent certain users from using its sites, it
>> set out to add functionality (such as AJAX for the maps).
>
>As I said, I have yet to understand what Googles business is other than
>selling snake oil.

It's a decent business model; especially, since they can market to lots of
squeaky snakes. 

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