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Subject: Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fast.
From: Rick Koch
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 21:42:49 GMT


>
> Rick, I just can't let that one slide... ;)
>
> That's an old, tired, questionable, sales argument that is invalid to
> web developers. There are millions of these machines out there
> surfing our websites. A large audience to be sure. The *percentage*
> argument is irrelevant, because a very large number of PC are not
> connected to the internet, whereas the Macs, being percieved by many
> as consumer machines are more likely to be. And a large number of
> the PCs out there today are inadequate to run our flash stuff anyway,
> lacking in horsepower and memory if they're even connected in the
> first place.
>
> I doubt anybody has any reliable relevant platform statistics, but
> who cares; we're building websites, not selling software boxes.
>
> By producing a buggy browser for an audience that large, microsoft is
> hurting web developers like us. It's not a "favorite platform" issue
> at all. If MS can't produce a working browser for both platforms at
> the same time, then they don't deserve the market share.
>
> Flash developers have the power these days. We're on top of the
> game. We should let it be known that this situation is intolerable.
> Flash developers are building the hot stuff these days. That's a
> *big* stick. We should use it.

> /wayne
>
> Wayne Townsend
> waynetataccesson [dot] net
> Alt: waynetatabsolute [dot] net


I agree, I agree, I agree... But that old tired argument still has a
basis in fact - Micro$oft is still catering to the larger audience share
and there is nothing you or I can ever do about it. I'd truly like to
believe that WE have the power but I'm afraid , when it's all said and
done... they do.

Rick K.
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Replies
  Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fas, Erik [gearik] Mattheis

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  Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fas, Frederico
  Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fas, John Brzys
  Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fas, Rick Koch
  Re: FLASH: OT: IE 5.5 Beta-- Man its fas, Wayne Townsend

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