Stephen Russell wrote: > The bigger picture is that at best 15% of the computing population will have > that bias, giving the other 85% of the world the choice to install new > software to make my web presentation look better. Sorry but for all the new > stuff thrown at the market from cell phone web connections to mega services > that will want to get better displays for what they sell the market will > absorb the "new shoved down it's throat" and if it works everyone will get > it in no time at all. > > That 15% may be over reaching the 2,4,6 or 8% who just loath M$. But who > gives a crap anyway.
Where do you get those statistics? > M$ is not forcing the IE only version of this. They have not only their IE, > but also Safari as well as FireFox. > > I don't see this as bad an idea from M$ as say the Zune is/was going against > the iPod. Do they still push Zune? I see recently that M$ dumped the idea of scanning books. > > I see this as the next great step of the newer Rich Interface that the web > has missed over the past 10 years. Both Adobe and M$ see it and are making > tools for developers to run with. You have to buy into one group or another > at this point inthe game. > > So making fun of M$ for screwing things up and not looking to Adobe and > having the same distrust I have to chuckle. > No, I never represented that position. As Ed pointed out, people didn't trust Adobe at first either, or better said, there was much distrust with downloading their plug in. It's just that in these times, given M$'s track record, more folks than before don't trust them due to their anti-piracy/big-brother/phone-home tactics of the past. ymmv. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
