On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 07:57:50PM +0000, Kevin Grant wrote: > want to credit the author). A new, extended M$ HTML standard will not > only be incompatible with the old HTML stuff (forcing everyone to upgrade > to the propriatary M$ standard) but it will become popular largely because > it will have a lot of new, neat special effects that the www community > likes. All M$ has to do is supply a browser that supports it and everyone > will feel safe in using the new standard (knowing everyone will be able > to read the new style web pages). But remember that the Debian development > community is far larger (and faster) than M$. Moreover, being composed
Yes, but we don't have the user base they do. If they can build a standard that we can't implement, because they hide the details behind NDAs or whatever, what can we do? I2O or whatever it's called could be a problem for that reason. IA-64 could have been a problem if Intel wanted it to be, but it seems that Intel themselves are working on gcc for the IA-64, which gives us a head start if anything. And Intel seem to be keeping a safe distance from MS of late, which is good for everyone. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
