[thelist] that Opera7 article

Joel Canfield joel at spinhead.com
Thu Aug 22 10:03:01 CDT 2002


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The Amazing Mr. Z makes some pertinent comments (and a couple impertinent
ones) on this in his 20 August bit http://www.zeldman.com
and the lovely and talented Shirley K unleashes some pointed commentary in
her WaSP post of the same date http://webstandards.org

joel

> It's amazing to me how readily some developers are willing to
> just concede to Microsoft.
[ . . . ]
> > Opera casts off legacy code for speed
> > http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954561.html?tag=fd_top
> >
> > and i found this quote interesting:
> >
> > "But ultimately, Hurd [systems architect with Starphire
> Technologies
> > in Clearwater, Fla] concluded, Opera and other Microsoft
> competitors
> > would do better to support the technologies that the market-leading
> > Internet Explorer browser made available, rather than focusing on
> > industry standards."
> >
> > "'What these other browser makers should do is stop
> complaining about
> > what Microsoft is doing and start supporting what Microsoft is
> supporting,'"
> > Hurd said. "'People out there aren't reading these specs; they're
> > using
> IE.'"



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