Internet Explorer 7
Reply #50 – 2005-08-25 01:32:45
If Microsoft could make IE fully W3C and CSS compliant right now, they'd do it. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=322378"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] If i recall correctly, then they ditched further IE-development because they were afraid of the internet (or more correctly, affraid of web-applications which could turn the client-os irrelevant). I am quite sure that microsoft does not want the internet anymore - they want the desktop. [a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=322398"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a] They've never been "afraid of the internet". Not in a sense that would make them step away from any aspect of an online world market. They want the desktop, AND they want the internet. This is shown by their heavy push to hosted applications. Online activation is just the beginning, boys and girls. Next we won't have to install software anymore. Just go online and use Microsoft's hosted office apps, configurable integration platforms, data management, and almost anything else you may need for your home or business. Your money won't buy a box, a disc and a product key, but rather a site admin login to... http://<yourcompanyname>.microsoft.net/ ...which will provide access to all the user management, client management, office apps, web portals, "SQL Enterprise Online", and proprietary systems that you've paid them for. It opens up all kinds of highly marketable benefits: No more (or at least not as many) hardware/system incompatibility issues for software apps, remote support won't have to be so "remote", "cheating" on license agreements will be a thing of the past, and centralization of most software and data storage services will be much more cost-effective for them and their customers. (It's at least gotta be less than what we currently pay for all our volume licensing agreements alone, not even counting MSDN subscriptions and maintenance agreements. ) And I hate the whole idea. When all this happens and there's a platform or system issue, we will be relying entirely on an external entity to fix it for us. One whose highest priority is not to fix problems specific to our company. I hope I get to retire first. But anyway, sorry to diverge from the topic of IE 7 and standards compliance. But then again, it's all leading to this...