[Opera] 9.25
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| We released 9.25 today, which mainly addresses a few security issues - it is
| a recommended upgrade for all those running the latest stable releases.
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http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2007/12/19/9-25
KDE now has WebKit.
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| Kubuntu’s KDE 4 LiveCD comes with WebKit-enabled Konqueror
|
| The current Kubuntu-KDE-4 LiveCD ships a Konqueror version which uses WebKit
| as the main HTML engine for Konqueror.
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http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/kubuntus-kde-4-livecd-comes-with-webkit-enabled-konqueror/
Microsoft promises IE 8 Beta 1 with a smiley face in 2008
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| After a less than enthusiastic reception and take-up of IE7, 14 months after
| its release, is there any reason to think that IE8 will succeed where its
| predecessor failed in halting the meteoric rise of Firefox?
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/15869/1023/
They finally take standards more seriously (some day because of Opera's latest
lawsuit). They still forcefeed Windows users, diverting them to poor a browser
with proprietary 'extensions' (Office 'spewage', ActiveX, XAML to come).
Recent:
Opera files EU antitrust suit against Microsoft
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| Opera Software has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft in the European
| Union, accusing it of stifling competition by tying its Internet Explorer web
| browser to Windows.
|
| The complaint, which was filed by the Norwegian firm with the European
| Commission yesterday, says Microsoft is abusing its dominant position in the
| desktop PC market by offering only Internet Explorer as a standard part of
| Windows, and hindering interoperability by not following accepted standards
| with IE.
|
| Opera is asking the Commission, the executive branch of the European Union,
| to force Microsoft to unbundle IE from Windows, or include other browsers as
| a standard part of its operating system. It also wants it to require
| Microsoft to adhere to industry standards with its Web browser.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?newsid=6663
Related:
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon forn
| etwork applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
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| From: Bill Gates
| Sent: Saturday, December 05, 1998 9:44 AM
| To: Bob Muglia (Exchange); Jon DeVaan; Steven Sinofsky
| Cc: Paul Mariz
| Subject: Office rendering
|
| One thing we have got to change is our strategy -- allowing Office
| documents to be rendered very well by OTHER PEOPLES BROWSERS is one of the
| most destructive things we could do to the company.
|
| We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office
| documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities.
|
| Anything else is suicide for our platform. This is a case where Office has
| to to destroy Windows.
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http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
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