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To: Keith Feral who wrote (69793)	10/7/2007 2:01:01 PM
From: Lou S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213183

HuH Dont you realize that u can run window o/s on a mac???? Read up on Boot camp

To: Keith Feral who wrote (69793)	10/7/2007 10:15:24 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213183

>> Still, someone has to address the fact that Safari 4.0 should include access to IE sites.<< Keith - Apple is in kind of a bind where that kind of compatibility is concerned. If they were to make Safari support IE sites, they would be endorsing Microsoft's creation of proprietary extensions to web standards. Microsoft doesn't care that they're helping people to build web sites that don't conform to international standards and can only be viewed properly using IE. In fact, that suits them just fine. They also don't care that some sites that do conform to the standards don't work in IE. Microsoft feels that they should be the ones to set the standards, because they have the market share. On the other hand, they don't think Apple should be allowed to set the standards for, say, portable music players and online music stores, despite Apple's overwhelming market share in that area. In any case, getting back to my original point, Apple is kind of damned if they do or don't in the browser area. But I would not hold my breath waiting for them to support Microsoft's proprietary web extensions anytime soon. Or ever, in fact. - Allen

To: Keith Feral who wrote (69793)	10/8/2007 2:00:22 AM
From: Doren	Respond to of 213183

Still, someone has to address the fact that Safari 4.0 should include access to IE sites. One of the problems that Microsoft proprietary internet code has is that it contributes to the kind of security problems that plague PCs. It makes it easier for poor coders to create web apps but opens up the same computers to security problems. That's why the w3.org exists, to promote security and interoperability. Apple will never support the Microsoft proprietary code but eventually if Linux and Apple gain sufficient market share all the businesses that have sites that used proprietary code will be force to pay for the sites to be rewritten from the ground up. On that day I will gloat like no one has ever gloated before.