Re: Fwd: MS servers discriminate

[Chris Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>]

Ahh... isn't having the source code to one of the best browsers on the market an
INCREDIBLY empowering thing. Please god, let Netscape live!

Linux Idiot wrote:

> 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???
>
> >
> > --
> > ===== Paul Rickard, President of The Microsoft Boycott Campaign. =======
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