Hi Janet and all...
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http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/20000319.html

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On 13 Apr 2000, at 13:17, janet paterson wrote:

> Group blasts Internet Explorer 5.5 for lack of Web standards
>
> Tue, 20 Aug 1996 01:00:00 GMT - MICROSOFT HAS ANGERED the Web Standards
> Project for what the group says is the software giant's about-face on a
> pledge to support Web standards in its upcoming version of Internet Explorer.
>
> The Web Standards Project, a two-year-old coalition of developers and users
> that promotes the use of standards in Web-page development, issued a
> sharply worded statement Monday accusing Microsoft of abandoning its
> promise to abide by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards in Internet
> Explorer 5.5, due to ship in a few months.
>
> The release said the Web Standards Project is "incensed by Microsoft's
> arrogance" over a standards issue that is crucial to Web developers,
> because the dominant position of the Windows operating system, into which
> IE has been integrated, will make it nearly impossible for developers to
> create documents that adhere to the W3C standards.
>
> Web Standards Project group leader Jeffrey Zeldman said he was surprised to
> find out last week through a Microsoft press release that IE 5.5 would not
> support W3C standards, which Microsoft and other computer industry leaders,
> including Netscape Communications, Microsoft's rival in the browser market,
> agreed to support a few years ago.
>
> Most notably, Zeldman cited the planned lack of support for portions of
> CSS1 (Cascading Style Sheets level 1), a standard established in 1996, and
> DOM (Document Object Model) 1 Core.
>
> After consulting with other members of the Web Standards Project's steering
> committee, Zeldman said a decision was made to criticize Microsoft in a
> press release.
>
> The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that in a development in the U.S.
> government's antitrust case against Microsoft, the government is
> considering a plan to force the company to grant royalty-free licenses to
> Internet Explorer and open up the underlying code. Zeldman said, however,
> that the Web Standards Project had no opinion on potential legal remedies
> in the case.
>
> "We're hoping that if we make enough noise, they may reconsider," Zeldman
> said. "All they have to do is implement the standards."
>
> Zeldman said Microsoft's decision to depart from Web standards in IE 5.5
> struck him as "bizarre and schizophrenic" because just a few weeks ago
> Microsoft released its IE 5.5 version for Macintosh users, which fully
> implements the CSS1 standard and HTML 4.0.
>
> "Microsoft in its Macintosh Explorer division did the right thing [with]
> full implementation of CSS1 and HTML 4.0," Zeldman said.
>
> "We don't understand why they don't think Windows users deserve the same
> standard of standards compliance.
>
> "If they could do it for their Macintosh group ... surely they can afford
> to do it for the rest of the market."
>
> Zeldman said Microsoft's decision was "very divisive," for the future of
> the Web because developers who are compelled to write code for IE 5.5 will
> be leaving Linux, Unix, Netscape, and Macintosh users out in the cold,
> while developers whose code complies with W3C standards will leave Windows
> users out in the cold.
>
> In addition to CSS1, HTML 4.0, and DOM 1 Core, the Web Standards Project
> supports implementation of XML 1.0 and ECMAScript, the standardized version
> of JavaScript, Zeldman said.
>
> Netscape last week released a beta version of Netscape 6, which the company
> said fully adheres to the W3C standards.
>
> No one at Microsoft would agree to be interviewed about the Web Standards
> Project's charges.
>
> The company's public relations company, Waggener Edstrom, however, provided
> a response to questions submitted in via e-mail. The response said Monday
> that Microsoft provides the highest standard compliance of any fully
> released browser client. The e-mail message also said Microsoft has
> implemented a significant portion of both DOM level 1 and CSS1 support, and
> that the company will continue to offer support for industry standards.
>
>
> The Web Standards Project can be found on the Web at
> <http://www.webstandards.org>
>
> Microsoft Corp., in Redmond, Wash., is at
> http://www.microsoft.com
>
> Margret Johnston is a Washington correspondent
> for the IDG News Service, an InfoWorld affiliate.
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> janet paterson
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