Not to mention copyright infringement. larry
-- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 3:33 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: IE 6 Poll > > > Thanks. I'm not currently developing any pages, it only the > ones I have been > visiting. > > > I'm actually surprised that MS has not gotten into any legal > trouble over > this. Not only are the smart tags a possibility for a site to > loose business > to the competition, but what about all those people with > personal home pages > that are not being compensated for the "free advertising" > they are doing? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fluffy Bananachunks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: IE 6 Poll > > > On Friday 05 October 2001 02:01 pm, you wrote: > > You know I installed it a few weeks ago and I can't > remember if it asked > > for an Install path or not. Since it was while using > Windows Update I'm > > guessing you can't. > > > > This brings up a topic though that I have been meaning to > post. Any other > > IE 6 users out there noticing strange hyperlinks on pages > now? It seems > > that when IE finds certain keywords in the text of a site, it make a > yellow > > hyperlink of it and takes you to another web page. So let's > say I own ABC > > insurance company. Obviously I'm going to have the word > "insurance" on my > > page somewhere. Now thanks to Uncle Bill at MS, I'm now > linking to my > > compeditors for free and there is nothing I can do about > it. Also, if I > run > > a Blog and use the word insurance, I'm now doing free > advertising on a > > personal web site that I host myself. > > > > Sorry, didn't mean to rant and get OT here but I just > wondered if anyone > > else has seen this? > > > > Dan Phillips > > CFXHosting.com > > > > DOWN WITH MS SMARTTAGS!! > > Make sure this is in the head of any pages you make from here > on out =D > > <meta content="true" name="MSSmartTagsPreventParsing" /> > > (if this is incorrect, may I please get the correct meta from > someone?) > > Geo > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
