[Info-vax] OT: so, even Microsoft says IE6 is crap

[Paul Sture]

In article 
<2abc0bbc-82ae-4e74-9759-a66d347f3f64 at 34g2000yqp.googlegroups.com>,
 Rich Jordan <jordan at ccs4vms.com> wrote:

> On Jan 18, 3:47 pm, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> > so, even Microsoft says IE6 is crap
> >
> > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/microsoft-wants-you-to-...
> >
> > NSR
> 
> Nothing new.  Microsoft thinks everything they create is incredibly
> great, until they release the next thing they want you to buy, then
> the old stuff is crap.  I remembered and located a quote from BG when
> win95 was released (extra included for context):
> 
> "The advertising that Apple's running is a very positive contributor
> because it serves to raise the awareness of Windows 95 with Win 3.1
> users," Gates said in an exclusive interview with MacWEEK. "I'm not
> saying there's anything wrong with them. But they're good for us as
> well. Apple says, 'Hey, Win 3.1 is crummy and it always was crummy.'
> And we say, 'No, it just turned crummy. It was really great till
> Thursday.' "
> 
> Embedded corporate cultural attitude there.

They did similar when XP came out, claiming increased productivity for 
users (aka more stable).

-- 
Paul Sture