____/ 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.
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