Re: [ql-users] HTML- Mail was QL Emulators CD

[Martin Wheatley]

Peter S Tillier wrote

 >Why is it that Microshift uses default settings such as these when there are
 >(?were?) clear standards for email on the 'net?

E-mail is a classic instance of the Microsoft 'taking over
a new sector' method at work

(1) Ignore all existing standards and create your own (making
them proprietary if you can get away with it)

(2) Give away the software with Windows (so it isn't actually
free as you recover the cost in the dealer price)

(3) Make your new standard the default so that newbies will get
their new Windows computers and use your software without changing
defaults and it will become the new standard

(4) Just sit and watch as your market share grows and your opponents
are forced into niche markets.


It's only a matter of time before OE starts appearing with no text
options


martinw