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There are reasons for "Standards"
Microsoft is finding it harder each year to justify moving to there own propietary formats.

"Standards" were created to unify and improve compatability among various hardware and software. This is essential to the progress of software and hardware development. Yes, competition is good. "Standards" allow for better competition without fragmenting the Internet and IT industry. Look at Internet Explorer, very little change to it since Microsoft won the "Browser War". It improved leaps and bounds when Netscape was around. Now, there are very little improvements to it.

I run Windows and I avoid Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer is terrible for security (vb scripts) and surfing the Internet with it is a chore. Where surfing with Mozilla helps me get things done. I can say that there are a few sites that do not support "Standardized" webpages. I do not do business with those companies. They have lost me as a customer because I will not change from Mozilla to Internet Explorer just to "check-out" items from their website. I do business else where.
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There are reasons for "Standards"  dragosani | 11/06/03
Wow what a plan !  NT Admin | 11/06/03
Future "Vision"  michael-t | 11/06/03
There's one thing I don't understand  schmitt249 | 11/06/03
Linux a contender?  JimSatterfieldW | 11/11/03
Hardware manufacturers must love MS....  Jose Jimenez | 11/06/03
Fair & Balanced  gary_edwards | 11/06/03
Where to go from here  Heatlesssun | 11/06/03
Doesn't ms stuff already come from India?  Spoon Jabber | 11/06/03
nope  lmaxwell | 11/07/03
You were saying...  MacCanuck | 11/07/03
you must not read much  blahblahblah | 11/07/03
re: Where to go from here  Iain_Peters | 11/07/03
handwriting recongnition?  broadway al | 11/10/03
Last major gamble  NoB$ | 11/06/03
oh sure  lmaxwell | 11/07/03
Linux died last week  Chris Moller | 11/07/03
subscription fees  tic swayback | 11/07/03
Long Prong sounds like it will be larger, more bloated and even though MS  richdave | 11/09/03
Counterpoint to previous posts.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/06/03
Very nice  Spoon Jabber | 11/06/03
Deceived by pretty words, Spoon? "Ax" = "Bit" = M$ Employee & propagandist.  dicktaurus@... | 11/06/03
As I said...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Where your argument falls apart...  MacCanuck | 11/07/03
Said the sour grapes group.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
No  MarcB_z | 11/07/03
it's their right to what?  blahblahblah | 11/07/03
Another one...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
"another" non-response from you Bit?  blahblahblah | 11/07/03
I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Rebuttal to the Counterpoint  nucrash | 11/07/03
A reply, sort of...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
No  MarcB_z | 11/07/03
You are agreeing then?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Yes  MarcB_z | 11/07/03
I failed to see your point.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
People choose the standard  voska | 11/07/03
I agree 100%  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
clear a path for "mr. choice"  blahblahblah | 11/07/03
Give the man a cigar. 100% correct.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
uhh, no -- let me help you understand  blahblahblah | 11/08/03
Bigger drives and faster hardware.  Jack-Booted EULA | 11/07/03
I question your statements.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Still no preview button or time stamp, or...  Jack-Booted EULA | 11/07/03
XP was not an improvement for me  Sunny Jalolly | 11/07/03
That is not right...  PCF_DOC | 12/15/04
Point: Counterpoint  tic swayback | 11/07/03
Good points tic...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
But  tic swayback | 11/07/03
Hmm, maybe.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
You missed the point  MarcB_z | 11/07/03
I am not the one that missed.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Lock ins  tic swayback | 11/07/03
Maybe not  tic swayback | 11/07/03
Axe, You're Grinding Again  gary_edwards | 11/07/03
What is the vision?  IT_User | 11/07/03
The vision is simple, Windows Everywhere.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
Patronizing isn't communicating  IT_User | 11/07/03
Sorry, you lpost me.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
LOL  voska | 11/07/03
If you believe it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
I can answer that  voska | 11/07/03
You answered yourself it appears.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
few can argue that WindowsXP isn't a great OS  richdave | 11/09/03
LongHorn IS a Looong Horn  KeithRisler | 11/06/03
umm  Enton Eller | 11/07/03
controlling the developers  blahblahblah | 11/07/03
The Microsoft Roadmap  msdead | 11/07/03
Old Dog, Old Tricks  JoeBob_z | 11/07/03
Fixed???  Update victim | 11/07/03
Lousy forum software  Update victim | 11/07/03
On that I agree 100%.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/07/03
You chose to be here  NT Admin | 11/07/03
Locked into MS Windows  starrcannon | 11/07/03
Microsoft is at a crossroads  JanR100 | 11/07/03
Wow if that isn?t the biggest load of bull  jonnormand | 11/09/03
Mistake  Entense | 11/09/03
Bandwidth is Longhorn's Competitor  Robert Hahn | 11/10/03

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