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

[Malcolm Cadman]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Martin Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>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.

A mite 'too' cynical, Martin, :-)

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

Unlikely, as text is one of the features needed.

More likely is that there are so many features that users will never
even realise that they have them, let alone use them.

This already happens, as 10% of the features are used 90% of the time in
most current software.

-- 
Malcolm Cadman