Would those browsers be able to remain free if they were to incur licensing costs?
Stace -----Original Message----- From: Dave Carabetta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 13, 2003 2:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: No so good news > There is a very important point for people to realize. There really > isn't any good reason why Microsoft would want to win this case. For > them, it would be much better to not support plug-ins, so their > competitors plug-ins are screwed e.g. Real Player, QuickTime, Flash, > Java, etc. Since Microsoft has IE there is no reason why Windows Media > Player has to be a plug-in; it could just be integrated directly into > IE itself. > That being said, would I be amiss if I made the observation that this sounds like a golden opportunity for the other browser vendors (Mozilla, Opera) to strike licensing deals with Eolas should Microsoft be forced to cripple IE? Granted, I don't think people would switch overnight, but Mozilla/Opera et al become much more appealing to a broader audience than to techies who measure loading times in milliseconds and care about full browser support for CSS. Am I off on that? Regards, Dave. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
