Re: Playwin says VMS gets NO viruses or hacks!

From: Dr. Dweeb (dr_at_dweeb.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 05:45:16 +0200

John Smith wrote:
> David J Dachtera wrote:
>> "Dr. Dweeb" wrote:
>>>
>>> David J Dachtera wrote:
>>>> VAXman-, @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> In article <d7791aa1.0408040659.216e8c28@posting.google.com>,
>>>>> bob@instantwhip.com (Bob Ceculski) writes:
>>>>>>
>>>
>
http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&s
> ubsection_code=1&file=template1.jsp&storyid=1297
>>>>>
>>>>> ... all I get is a banner ad for Symantec.
>>>>
>>>> (Cue: the usual blather about non-standard browsers.)
>>>>
>>>> D.J.D.
>>>
>>> I think we have to get used to the idea that some massively large
>>> number of web developers use IE as their reference browser and test
>>> on ZERO others. This disturbs me as well, but the bottom line is
>>> that it indicative of the target audience for the content. It might
>>> also indicate that the IT managers responsible for said web
>>> development believe certain truths that might, in fact, not be true.
>>
>> The truth is that M$ is de-facto standard, not an "industry" standard
>> (that is, it is not required by any specifications negotiated and
>> accepted industry wide - it is ubiquitous only).
>>
>>> In any case, the web-page in question reads fine on IE 6.x as well
>>> as FireFox 0.9.1, Mozilla 1.7 and Opera 7.23 and for this test I
>>> upgraded to
>>> 7.53 which also works. I use AdExtinguisher service for add
>>> blocking and MyIE2 instead of standard IE, all running on Win2K. So
>>> I think that the web page in question is probably better than most.
>>> YMMV.
>>
>> With the re-emergence of non-M$ browsers and other products, I
>> anticipate a change in the "environment" that will probably happen
>> slowly, and will not be an "IE killer" - it will just require web
>> developers to look beyond Redmond in order to maximize the return on
>> their efforts and development investments.
>>
>> D.J.D.
>
> All it takes is for some keynote speakers at conferences where CIO's
> attend to stand up and say, "With all the problems Internet Explorer
> has, more and more of your customers are turning towards using other
> web browsers to surf your web sites. You, as CIO's, must ensure that
> you do not alienate those customers and potential customers by having
> your web pages display poorly or not at all. For that reason alone
> you should insist in all your internal web development, and in the
> contracts for all out-sourced web development, that your web pages
> successfully comply with the standards at http://validator.w3.org."
>
>
> T

Man, I could have sworn I saw a pig flying overhead as I arrived home this
evening :-)
Its fashion week here and all the babes are out - free booze, free food and
free fun. Glurrrrp.

stay cool
Dweeb