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- From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
- To: "'XML Dev'" <xml-dev@ic.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:29:39 -0800
Ann Navarro wrote:
>
> At 10:06 PM 1/19/00 -0600, Len Bullard wrote:
> >Ann Navarro wrote:
> >>
> >
> >> There's nothing in IE 5 functionality that is so compelling to *content*
> >> that it should be "required" to use.
> >
> >> Your conclusions are highly debatable.
> >
> >But the barriers aren't artificial.
>
> Sure they are. The minute you say "you must use <arbitrary browser/software
> here>" for an application being served over a medium that was designed to
> be machine/platform/software independent, you've created an artificial
> barrier.
*Applause*
The web is about open and, dare I say it, _commodity_ standards.
That's how it grew so quickly. De-commoditizing would be a great
short-term fix for some companies' market power, but bad long-term
from the user perspectve due to a decreased ability for innovation
to occur.
- Dave
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