__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Thursday 08 February 2007 15:07 \__
> On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 15:35:32 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
>
>> "Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>>> Then why does it say this ..
>
>>> 1. Open Internet Explorer.
>
>> I received no such message ..
>
> "Unsupported Browser
> We're sorry ...
> Our website requires the browser Internet Explorer version 6 or higher"
>
> http://mediadownloads.walmart.com/mmce/jsp/ieonly.jsp
> ------
>
> "Did Microsoft Recently Cripple Firefox on MSN.com?"
>
>
http://tips.webdesign10.com/is-microsoft-intentionally-causing-problems-for-firefox-on-msn
>
> Not forgetting the Opera dodge ..
>
> "in October 2001, MSN effectively blocked Opera users from viewing the MSN
> home page by requiring them to "upgrade" to Microsoft's Internet Explorer"
>
> http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,890280,00.asp
Let's not feed Bill Weisgerber (amicus_curious).
In any event, this results not only from Wal-mart-Microsoft ties, but also
from software tools which were made to produce Microsoft/Windows-only output
which serves a wider public (a 'spread the plague' mentality).
Expert Testimony of Ronald Alepin in Comes v. Microsoft - Embrace, Extend,
Extinguish
,----[ Quote ]
| You'll hear some emails read aloud, one of Bill Gates's, an email from
| 1996 about Java, where he says he was losing sleep over how great
| Java was, and you'll see a strategy he suggested -- "fully
| supporting Java and extending it in a Windows/Microsoft way".
|
| [...]
|
| Well, when applets are cross-platform, it expands the number of
| applications that are available to you so you can go to a website.
| And if you have a Linux computer or a Macintosh computer or a Windows 3.1
| computer, you can get an application and it will run.
|
| You don't have to either select a specific application or hope that the
| independent software vendor or the website created the application for your
| platform. So it would increase the number of applications available to you.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070108020408557
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