I simply could not have said it better!
(and I have tried)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] not so sure about this anymore
> Philosophically, this is all wondrous. But unfortunately we live in a
> dynamic world and provide a service function to our "clients".
>
> There are two major interactive arenas; business to business and business
to
> consumer. B2B is far more robust a stage then B2C since companies
actually
> using 4 year old browsers are rare. This is the land of Javabeans, J2EE
and
> the forthcoming train from M$ called .NET.
>
> But, B2C is dependant on the installed, statistically provable base of
> "potential opportunity" (installed base). Try selling your story to this
> crowd and you will learn the dietary disadvantages of a Top Ramain based
> diet (cheap water soluble food source used by start-up companies that
can't
> afford conventional groceries). Every door is a potential sell, a
client...
> Companies only want one thing; the broadest possible consumer reach
> irregardless of platform and browser. Even squeezing them into a 4+ only
> box as been a "recent" yet taxing sales job.
>
> But, worn soles on well traveled shoes are the best teacher. Good luck
> Siddhartha!
>
> Ray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Sutter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 12:47 PM
> Subject: [Dynapi-Dev] not so sure about this anymore
>
>
> > All,
> >
> > I have a somewhat philosophical question about this project. I got the
> source, started working with it, threw my hat into the ring as a Mac guy
and
> now I'm having second thoughts about the necessity of this project at all.
> I've been spending a lot of time working with pure CSS/DOM in Mozilla/NS6,
> IE5 and Opera 5 and have been reading some articles on A List Apart
> (www.alistapart.com) about the Web Standards Project's new browser upgrade
> initiative and I've decided something. I am no longer going to encourage
> the use of old buggy browsers (most of which are 3-4 years old). From now
> on, my sites are only compatible with CSS/DOM capable browsers. If you
> ain't got one, upgrade. I think it's about time. This cross-browser
> compatibility stuff is holding back the web and I don't see the reason for
> it anymore. Suddenly, DynAPI seems like a waste of time for me. A
band-aid
> on a limb that is so damaged it should just be amputated. How will this
> project remain vital in the long run? What will it offer besides bugwards
> compatibility?
> >
> > Ryan
> >
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