David E. Y. Sarna wrote: > > > Disney and Time Warner both today announced that they will be using > IE-only > > features to communicate their content. That really sucks. > > > Why does it suck? Because they are using proprietary features in what is supposed to be a standards-compliant area. > Would you feel the same way if the same folks had > taken advantage of a Netscape-only feature? Would you be up in arms > about that? Not only WOULD, but DID. Before Microsoft became the "bad boy" of the Internet, Netscape was widely criticized for pushing Netscape-only extensions to HTML (like <center> and <blink>). > Features are there to be taken advantage of. That's why they are > developed. > > If you don't like products that use certain features, you are free to > vote with your feet and not use them. Do you really think that the > government should be in the business of regulating software features? I've got no problem with new features. What I do have a problem with is Microsoft using it's market advantage unfairly. Jeff
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