In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Matthew Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DeMoN LaG wrote: -snip- > > When other software starts supporting Hotmail, MS will change the > > interface and break every other client just so you must use their > > software/web sites. > > No they can't. Not unless they can convince both Windows *and* Mac users > to constantly upgrade to new versions of Outlook Express or Entourage > every couple of months. (Remember, the Mac equivalent of Windows Update > only has Apple software, not Microsoft software, so Microsoft can't use > that route.) That's not necessary -- simply include several alternative interfaces in each release, when one fails go on to the next. Then cycle through those as they are uncovered, and when you make a new release you include a new set of interfaces (which would actually be a plus for MS, they undoubtably /want/ their users to upgrade to the latest version). And of course there's always the old stand by -- sue the crap out of whoever is reverse engineering the protocol; you may not have a case, but they probably don't have the money (besides, you have to have the lawyers to begin with, so it doesn't cost anything extra to use them). -- J.B Moreno
