[thelist] IE6 "compatible mode" / PNG support

[Abhay S. Kushwaha]

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I shall not continue with this discussion. Rather, I shall merely
point you to this page at Netaction:

  http://www.netaction.org/msoft/world/

More specifically, in context of our discussion, you should read:

  http://www.netaction.org/msoft/world/part5.html

I couldn't phrase my reply any better than you would find here. Be
open to changing your perspective... :)

BTW, if you think people don't know about GIF/JPEG, you are very much
mistaken. Majority (and i don't mean 51%) knows. And you know they
do. :)

[abhay]

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "James Aylard" <jaylard at encompass.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 1:18 PM

> >   IE does not have a revenue model.
...
> >   The idea is to capture the market with our browser. Once we
> > have
> >   that, we can sell software that integrates well with the
> > browser
> >   and churns out stuff best supported by only our browser.
>
> From my perspective, Microsoft targets many of IE's features to
> medium to large companies with Intranets. IE ties in well with
> the operating system, with Office applications, and with a lot
> of the back-end tools that actually make money for Microsoft.
> However, the browser itself is not the hook; it is part of the
> integration. No company is going to buy a myriad of front- and
> back-end applications just to get Internet Explorer.
...
> No, and most users don't have a clue about gif or jpeg, either.
...
> But I also understand that I am a minority part of Microsoft's
> market, and that the interests of developers are factored in
> accordingly.
...

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