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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <paul.nospam-8C9421.17313618012010 at pbook.sture.ch>,
	Paul Sture <paul.nospam at sture.ch> writes:
> 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 :-)

Who said Unix was snake oil?  I said Google was selling snake oil and
they are hardly a Unix shop.

> 
> (A decade or more ago I couldn't imagine I'd ever say that)
 
The "Unix is snake oil" claim ranks right up there with the Byte
Magazine "Unix is Dead" headline.

bill

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