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| | | (...) Are you ignorant? Do you understant competition? What would happen If every car was the same? We want people to use our browser, so obviously we have to make it better (what the Linux world calls embrace and extend). We are more RFC compliant (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Dan Boger
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| | | | | (...) I was actually interested to see what it was... And in fact I do understand competition, but I also understand standards. If you want people to use your browser, you should make it faster, or use less memory, or have more _client_side_ (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Probably the same thing that would happen if MSIE had a 100% market share. (In lugnet.admin.general 5378, Asher Kobin wrote: (...) ) eric (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Asher Kobin
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| | | | (...) But that's a good thing :) The great thing about IE is that it can be repurposed. Anyone can slap on their own UI (AOL, webTV, NeoPlanet) and decide what features to implement or not to implemnt. If you understand COM and how IE is (...) (25 years ago, 20-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) And of course the MS track record at making things faster or less buggy is SO good. Sorry for the sarcasm, I like MS, and I'm a stockholder but I still find your statement laughable. (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) Umm, huh? I thought you were implying that competition was good because it inspired better growth. Is what you really mean to say "We should be allowed to compete with other browsers, but once we're winning, the other guys should just give in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Why MSIE sucks for the HTML writer —Asher Kobin
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| | | | My only point was that if every web browser did only and exactly what the RFC said, there would be no innovation. Even if MS had 100% of the market, we would still go above and beyond the spec. If they had 100% and they only lived by the spec, a new (...) (25 years ago, 21-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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