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Post #25,732
by drewk
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1/25/02 2:20:37 PM
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New Just to be obvious
You could always point out to them that if they had stuck to standards -- real standards, not the MS kind -- then they wouldn't be in this position right now. Of course, you might prefer not to piss them off.
We have to fight the terrorists as if there were no rules and preserve our open society as if there were no terrorists. -- [link|http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/05/opinion/BIO-FRIEDMAN.html|Thomas Friedman]
Post #25,739
by admin
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1/25/02 2:41:37 PM
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New That will be one of the points.
As I said, there is a capacity for applying pressure here.
Regards,

-scott anderson

"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
     Call for opinions: re: IE vs. Netscape vs. Citrix vs. .NET - (admin) - (39) - Jan. 25, 2002, 02:15:06 PM EST
         Just to be obvious - (drewk) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 02:20:37 PM EST
             That will be one of the points. - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2002, 02:41:37 PM EST
         This is up my alley. - (nking) - (3) - Jan. 25, 2002, 03:54:25 PM EST
             Re: This is up my alley. - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 05:37:31 PM EST
                 Alley cats - (nking) - Jan. 25, 2002, 09:24:53 PM EST
             Another ? on licensing - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2002, 06:22:57 PM EST
         Does it run under Mozilla? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 04:11:42 PM EST
             No. - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2002, 05:08:17 PM EST
         Modification effort? - (tablizer) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 04:33:02 PM EST
             IF statements not even necessary - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2002, 05:09:51 PM EST
         Take a look at Ximian's Mono... - (kmself) - (1) - Jan. 25, 2002, 06:44:07 PM EST
             Very doubtful. - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2002, 08:13:22 PM EST
         Is IE still on the clients' machines? - (altmann) - (3) - Jan. 25, 2002, 11:52:36 PM EST
             Unknown. - (admin) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2002, 12:21:38 AM EST
                 IE on client machines - (nking) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:41:35 PM EST
                     The idea is to avoid a complete rewrite... -NT - (admin) - Jan. 26, 2002, 04:17:43 PM EST
         My $0.02. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Jan. 26, 2002, 12:50:24 AM EST
             Nicely put, or, the dentist says "this won't hurt a bit" -NT - (wharris2) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:06:00 AM EST
             Netscape 6.02... - (admin) - (7) - Jan. 26, 2002, 09:32:16 AM EST
                 Yr facing a psycholgcl. issue not really a technical one - (tablizer) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:14:57 PM EST
                     This isn't a PHB thing. - (admin) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:20:36 PM EST
                 Web Compass - (nking) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:44:02 PM EST
                     It's all javascript, I've come to find out -NT - (admin) - Jan. 26, 2002, 04:18:18 PM EST
                 I'd agree with your solution - (tonytib) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2002, 02:59:14 PM EST
                     MS oriented IT people - (nking) - Jan. 26, 2002, 03:11:26 PM EST
                     I was wrong about the vbscript - (admin) - Jan. 26, 2002, 04:20:26 PM EST
         Flat out refusal to answer... - (folkert) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2002, 04:57:19 PM EST
             Refresh my memory? -NT - (admin) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:54:15 AM EST
         lets look at the ongoing maintenance costs - (boxley) - (10) - Jan. 28, 2002, 01:28:03 PM EST
             You are correct - (nking) - (9) - Jan. 29, 2002, 03:22:37 PM EST
                 Cynical view - (wharris2) - (8) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:26:55 AM EST
                     If you want to keep that view... - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:54:15 AM EST
                         yes, well I'll charge him even more - (cforde) - (3) - Jan. 30, 2002, 12:16:12 PM EST
                             At this rate... - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 30, 2002, 02:20:49 PM EST
                             Good for him I'll charge less - (drewk) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2002, 02:42:10 PM EST
                                 Too bad for you... - (ben_tilly) - Jan. 30, 2002, 09:11:45 PM EST
                     That is why Open Source doesn't catch on with the suits - (nking) - (2) - Jan. 30, 2002, 04:22:03 PM EST
                         Heh - (n3jja) - (1) - Jan. 30, 2002, 08:39:10 PM EST
                             Problem solving - (nking) - Jan. 31, 2002, 06:34:19 PM EST

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