On 3/22/06, Zulema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could be worst right? Right? Oh, and apparently it can't be turned off unless > that particular M$ update is uninstalled, but then I'd lose all the security > patches!
This is because Eolas saw dollar signs and thought they could have a 'piece of the Microsoft pie'. Other Windows-based browsers aren't safe from having to change or pay royalties either, unless Eolas decides not to target them (hmmm I wonder why that would be... the dollar signs aren't big enough?) Some more light reading: Eolas on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas_Technologies Tim Berners-Lee Letter, 28 October 2003 http://www.w3.org/2003/10/27-rogan.html Perry Pei-Yuan Wei, Personal Comments on Eolas vs Microsoft, and the Viola Prior Art http://www.xcf.berkeley.edu/~wei/viola/aboutEolasMicrosoft.html ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
