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>BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO >Re: http://www.newsscan.com/cgi-bin/findit_view?table=newsletter&id=1870 > If you read between the lines, as well as the item that ran a couple >of weeks ago that IE 5.5 will be supporting MS proprietary standards at the >expense of open standards, it's pretty clear that MS is making a major push >to turn the web into its private property. In view of MS's history of >innovation (near zilch outside of strong-arm marketing, maybe) and product >quality, well, to say the thought is scary is an understatement. Example: >consider the drop in web-based sales that would result. Let's do the math: >Decreased sales for businesses; indirectly higher prices to consumers (since >cheap prices become more expensive to sellers to compensate for decreased >sales and site visitors); a single business benefits: MS. These guys in >Redmond are doing their damnedest to make sure even their supporters on the >DC Circuit Court can't help them. It may be late in the game to note this, >but: a) the integration of Explorer into Windows (which was never much more >than a marketing thing and nothing of much substance -- actually, a stupid >idea if one as alleged) is just about the least important issue, and b) >Judge Jackson apparently, and unfortunately for MS, keeps up on the news. A >break-up of MS is beginning to look like an imperative, not just a good >idea. (Mitchell Senft) http://www.newsscan.com/ janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/