I knew there was a reason I still used netscape
At 11:02 AM 6/15/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>My favorite part of this is MS's reaction to people who are complaining...
>
>"Oh, if site admins don't like it, they can simply add a meta tag to their
>code to turn off the links."
>
>I love it. MS decides to do this, and if we don't like it, WE have to change
>something.
>
>What about making it so that the links show up only if the meta tag turned
>it on?
>
>I guess that would be crazy.
>
>Raymond Camden
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 10:55 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: You WILL follow me!
> >
> >
> >
> > This was in Risks Digest 21.46. The WSJ link has a nice story on this.
> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 12:55:52 -0700
> > From: Stef Maruch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: They're at it again: Internet Explorer Smart Tags in WinXP
> >
> > A while back, when www.deja.com still archived Usenet news, they tried
> > to generate revenue by inserting URLs into Usenet posts archived on
> > their site. Needless to say, this upset a lot of Usenet posters, who
> > considered it a copyright violation.
> >
> > Now Microsoft is up to much the same thing with a new feature of WinXP
> > called "Internet Explorer Smart Tags":
> >
> > http://public.wsj.com/sn/y/SB991862595554629527.html
> >
> > In effect, Microsoft will be able, through the browser, to re-edit
> > anybody's site, without the owner's knowledge or permission, in
> > a way that
> > tempts users to leave and go to a Microsoft-chosen site --
> > whether or not
> > that site offers better information.
> >
> > Seems to me they should be called "Internet Explorer Sneak Tags."
>
>
>
>
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