sure but maybe they should add some Ethical responsibilty to that as well instead of trying to make this planet microsoft
they can start by being honest and remove the whole os, wb interaction and maybe we could at least start to get a handle on the virus situation meanwhile billy is spend your money on his own personal spam products and several "teams" of employees whos only jobs is to sort his email from spam. do u think he knows he can have a diff email addy? even his own company gives them away?????? then maybe they will get the clue that the w3c is a GOOD thing indeed, for the ppl not ms's pocket books ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: James Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:35:28 -0500 >On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 15:22:45 -0500, Wayne Godfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Oh really? That's a laugh. All Microsoft is interested in is sticking a very >> large hose directly into your wallet to suck as much cash out as possible. >> This is the 8000-pound gorilla who believes in web standards as long as >> those standards are theirs. In fact, that's the corporate philosophy across >> the board and now they're heading into your living room! Can't wait to see >> what havoc they reek there. > >Quoth Neal Stephenson: > >"Now that the Third Rail has been firmly grasped, it is worth >reviewing some basic facts here: like any other publicly traded, >for-profit corporation, Microsoft has, in effect, borrowed a bunch of >money from some people (its stockholders) in order to be in the bit >business. As an officer of that corporation, Bill Gates has one >responsibility only, which is to maximize return on investment. He has >done this incredibly well. Any actions taken in the world by >Microsoft-any software released by them, for example--are basically >epiphenomena, which can't be interpreted or understood except insofar >as they reflect Bill Gates's execution of his one and only >responsibility."[1] > >/me not defending them, just making sure that their actions are viewed >in the proper context. > >[1] See http://cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html > >-- >"May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." > -- George Carlin >****************************************************** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
