"Would you turn away 7 out of every 100 people who tried to walk in the door of your company's offices?"
Yes, I probably would. Perhaps from a technical perspective it makes sense to code for all browsers, but from a business perspective, most companies fail because they can't focus. Trying to be all things to all people is usually a recipe for failure. A case in point is Pervasive and Tango. Tango was a distraction to them, that ultimately failed. Their core business is databases. For our business, it is not worth the extra time it takes to make sure an app works for 7% of the population. We would rather focus on the other 93% and be satisfied with the revenue we get from that market. Regards, Len Wright Plus International Corp www.plusinternational.com Direct: 604-415-2384 Fax:604-415-0830 >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/13/02 08:18PM >>> Would you turn away 7 out of every 100 people who tried to walk in the door of your company's offices? Steve Smith Skadt Information Solutions Office: (519) 624-4388 GTA: (416) 606-3885 Fax: (519) 624-3353 Cell: (416) 606-3885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.skadt.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Mowers Sent: June 13, 2002 1:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk Subject: Witango-Talk: IE browser share now 93% in 2002 (Off topic news) I found this interesting for those worried about how much to code for netscape (Mozilla). This from the Associated Press : Microsoft's Internet Explorer now has a global usage share among browsers of 93 percent, up from 87 percent last year and 67 percent in 1999, according to WebSideStory's StatMarket Netscape's current share is less than 6 percent, with the remainder using Opera and other browsers. Mozilla may thrill some tech-savvy users, "but it's not going to make a dent with the mainstream," said WebSideStory's Geoff Johnston, unless, that is, AOL Time Warner puts major marketing muscle behind it. AOL is using Mozilla in newer Netscape browsers, including the 7.0 version now available as a preview release. The company is also testing Gecko, the Mozilla component that displays content on a screen, for its flagship AOL service, which now runs on Internet Explorer. Sorry if this is off topic. ~Brian Mowers ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
