On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, JoAnne Abbott wrote:
>
> Standards are the straitjacket of innovation!!!!!
Uh-huh.
And when web pages _don't_ follow the standards, they can't be
seen on browsers by any companies that don't know the un-standard.
Certain companies seem to make use of that sort of thing to lock
people into thier products.
The complaints you (JoAnne) have appear to be more with backwards
compatibility than with standards per se.
I approve of standards. They enable multiple companies to produce
honestly-competing products. Without a standard for .. say ...
TV signals, you'd have to buy NBC's TV to see NBC programs, but it
wouldn't necessarily display CNN's.
I approve of backwards compatibility - to a point. But only to
a point. And precisely where that point is, I can't say.
Jenn V.
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This is women's work!"
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Jenn Vesperman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simegen.com/~jenn
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