Matthew Thomas wrote:
> DeMoN LaG wrote:
>
>>Q. Is Internet Explorer committed to implementing standard X in the
>>future?
>>
>>A. Microsoft is committed to implementing the Internet standards that
>>make sense to allow our customers to build great solutions. As
>>standards emerge, we evaluate them to see which standards might best
>>serve our customers' needs.
>>
>>Anyone else find that funny?
>>...
>>
>
> That sounds perfectly sensible to me.
>
> The alternative would be wasting time implementing stuff that their
> customers *don't* want. In this case (though not in all cases) that
> wouldn't make them any money, so there wouldn't be any point.
I think it's more like, they want to lock in their users with
proprietary formats. Supporting open standards works against that goal.
If there's such a groundswell that they're _forced_ to, only then will
they support open standards. Even then, they'll try to corrupt the open
standards, with proprietary extensions.
- Chuck
