Re: Fwd: MS servers discriminate

[Linux Idiot <esoteric@atlnet.com>]

Chris Pall wrote:
> 
> 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!

I just downloaded the source to it last week.    I'm out of town right
now, but I think that I'm going to take a look at this possibility. 
I've got the C background, just haven't used it in about 6 months. 
Should be fun... :)

> 
> 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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> 
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Until later,
Geoffrey	esoteric@atlnet.com