On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 13:57 -0800, Les wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 10:10 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 09:21 -0500, Joe Klemmer wrote: > > > On Sun, 21 Jan 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > > > > > Let us forget about news sites for a minute. firefox will not allow you > > > > to check the balance on your credit card by going to: www.citicards.com > > > > > > > > These things really have to be dealt with if Linux is to be a viable > > > > alternative to Windows. > > > > > > Now this one is completely off base. The video issue was > > > partially relative in that things might work better if FC came with all > > > the proprietary codecs installed but if firefox doesn't work with > > > citicards.com then it is 100% a problem with the site and nothing at all > > > to do with firefox, fedora, linux or anything at all related to them. > > This belated comment id not completely true. Of course part of the > > problem is with the web site. But since firefox loads the web site in > > Windows part of the problem is with firefox on Linux. > Hi, Aaron, > This is one view. However, Windows plays fast and loose with > standards. This means that software that is not written to the > standards will not load on browsers that adhere to the standards. One > effect is that writing and testing software for Windows means that you > have to go to Redmond and verify your software across many platforms. > Another effect is that the Virtual Machine for Java that Microsoft used > originally loosend Java Security, and left holes for intrusive software, > as well as incompatibilities with existing standards driven by Sun. As the old joke goes, "How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, they redefine darkness to be the standard." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - - -- Groucho Marx - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
