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

[Paul Sture]

In article <00A97BA5.6622A9D4 at SendSpamHere.ORG>,
 VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:

> 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.

Hehe. If Unix is snake oil, there's a large market out there :-)

(A decade or more ago I couldn't imagine I'd ever say that)

-- 
Paul Sture