____/ Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 04 May 2008 05:21 : \____
> ____/ JEDIDIAH on Thursday 01 May 2008 15:32 : \____
>
>> On 2008-05-01, Mitch <mitch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> In article <slrng1cj1l.4go.jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JEDIDIAH
>>><jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> >> >> Right now Firefox is having
>>>> >> >> a more dramatic success pulling people away from Microsoft.
>>>> >> > Yes, but that change was a much smaller hurdle. It's only the
>>>> >> > browser. It also didn't change economics directly, and doesn't really
>>>> >> > affect anything else (platform direction, related software,
>>>> >> > controller of
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Opening up the web most certainly impacts platform direction.
>>>> >
>>>> > But oh, My God do you give Firefox a lot of credit!
>>>> >
>>>> > Firefox is a browser. It didn't 'open up the Web' -- it's just a damn
>>>> > browser! Can you even show that it changed ANY part of HTML spec or
>>>> > standards?
>>>>
>>>> I'm not giving Firefox any "credit", just acknowledging the usefulness
>>>> of having multiple players in the market.
>>> You said Firefox "opened up the Web!"
>>> It did nothing of the kind -- it provides ONE new browser choice for
>>> users. It is a good choice, but it was never first to do that!
>>
>> ...actually, since it is a direct decendant of Mosaic it did do that.
>>
>> Also, something doesn't have to be "completely open" in order for it's
>> presence to open up a market filled with highly proprietary options. Just
>> being a wedge against a total hegemony forming around a particular market
>> leader is enough to open things up.
>>
>> [deletia]
>
> Ruben, JEDIDIAH is one of the good guys. Don't just the gun like that,
> please.
s/just/jump/
I really shouldn't reread after posting..
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