Re: Fwd: MS servers discriminate

[Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com>]

Paul Rickard wrote:
> 
> Chris Pall wrote:
> >
> > Oh... he's not saying Netscape browsers can't EVER get to a Microsoft webserved
> > website, he's just saying that he couldn't get to it when it was busy. When the
> > server is busy, it deals with the MS client instead of the Netscape client.. (is
> > the allegation [sp])
> >
> 
>         This is true. A friend of mine works for a software distribution
> company with a lot of expensive software and equipment laying around,
> and one day he and some others didn't have anything to do for a while,
> so they tested some Microsoft servers with different browsers. IE gets
> the preference when the server is busy or slow, and when IE and Netscape
> both contacted the server at the same time, IE got the connection first
> almost every time.

With the source code release of Netscape, it might be possible to create
two identical versions with the exception that one tells the web server
that it's a netscape browser and the other tells the server it's MS IE. 
Run the two puppies and see if the 'biased' one connects faster/first. 
Then we could truly determine if MS is keying on the browser, which to
me would/should be against the law.

Then again, anyone with enough html protocol knowledge might be able to
write enough protocol level stuff to immulate the same thing???

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