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Subject:Re: CSS with Netscape From:Arlen P Walker <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:11:00 -0600
>Meanwhile, Microsoft's browser has a robust and large document object model.
>It handles most types of scripting and ActiveX controls. This is what
>Microsoft means by their browser development being restricted by standards.
No, Mike, it isn't. There was nothing at all stopping MS from
implementing CSS fully *in addition* to the extras. They chose
to ignore the standards and create a product that will instead
lock a web developer into using their own proprietary product.
VBScript is a good example. They have purposely made their
"Jscript" non-compliant with the ECMA standard, and are routing
developers towards their proprietary scripting language. They
*could* have chosen to do a standard scripting language, but
that would have meant that people would have had a choice between
their tools and someone else's. That's heresy in Redmond.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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