Am 24.12.2001 12:29 schrieb Jens Schlatter:

> Why is it microsoft allowed to use the signature "mozilla" in their 
> internet explorer?
> Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98)

This has mostly historical reasons back from the days when Mozilla 
(Netscape) dominated the WWW and every other browser had to disguise as 
Mozilla to have access to web sites.
In addition, IIIRC, javascript needs a Mozilla user string.


Holger
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