Microsoft’s Internet Atrocities
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| Unfortunately, however, Microsoft has lived up to its name as a poor-quality
| company when you consider their internet contributions. I consider
| Microsoft’s internet-related products as absolute atrocities that may have
| set us back more than they’ve pushed us forward.
|
| [...]
|
| Internet Explorer x.x
|
| [...]
|
| FrontPage
|
| [...]
|
| IIS Server
|
| [...]
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| ActiveX
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http://bludice.com/microsofts-internet-atrocities/
Microsoft is not interested in improving the Web. It is interested in *owning*
it and making cash.
Related:
Silverlight is about The Microsoft Web.
http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11406-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=33334&messageID=613757
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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://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02991.pdf
Vista to give HD Photo format more exposure
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| Microsoft is looking to supplant the ubiquitous JPEG with an image format
| of its own--and it's hoping the debut of Windows Vista will help do the
| job.
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http://news.com.com/Vista+to+give+HD+Photo+format+more+exposure/2100-1045_3-6153730.html
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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