On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:23:54 -0800, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would just like to point out to everybody here that, for all intents > and purposes, IE on Mac OS X is a diseased bastard child that Microsoft > would really like to shoot in the head. They shot its knees out when > they discontinued all Mac OS X development of IE on the release of > Safari, out of spite that Apple _dare_ to develop its own platform > software.
So which is it, Microsoft is bad for competing so fiercely, or Microsoft is bad for not competing? What about this explanation: Microsoft saw that OS X users would now have a fully competent web browser, and that there was no longer a need for IE? Or how about: Microsoft knew they couldn't compete with an Apple-backed default web browser, and cashed in their chips? Neither of those plausible explanations involves the word "spite" or "_dare_", and I can't imagine what facts are at your disposal that would justify such a subjective opinion. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
