I'm willing to bet that there will be a subscription service after a while. The service will most likely give the "premier" subscribers the early warnings and leave everyone else in the dark. Kind of like their security warning service.
A possible reason for the many standards is that the giant corporations such as Microsoft didn't like the fact that they were not going to get their way. We had the browser wars because Microsoft didn't get their way and everyone else sure wasn't going to bow down to them. If the big corps would give a little, there probably would be so many standards. Its not a great argument but its a start.
Firefox will most likely gain a lot of ground but I don't think it will come out on top. I would love to see it come out on top but Microsoft has a lot of ground it they're not going to give it up without a fight.
How can anyone be surprised? Though this isn't the first company that has done this, it is getting old. "We don't have any real proof that open source is bad, so lets just get our customers to say it for us. While we're at it, we'll give them some sort of compensation."
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I'm willing to bet that there will be a subscription service after a while. The service will most likely give the "premier" subscribers the early warnings and leave everyone else in the dark. Kind of like their security warning service.
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Sounds interesting, where/when do I sign up? I just hope it comes before the MSMonopolyBoard!
This music sounds like something you find on a "horror" game. Freaky!
A possible reason for the many standards is that the giant corporations such as Microsoft didn't like the fact that they were not going to get their way. We had the browser wars because Microsoft didn't get their way and everyone else sure wasn't going to bow down to them. If the big corps would give a little, there probably would be so many standards. Its not a great argument but its a start.
Firefox will most likely gain a lot of ground but I don't think it will come out on top. I would love to see it come out on top but Microsoft has a lot of ground it they're not going to give it up without a fight.
How can anyone be surprised? Though this isn't the first company that has done this, it is getting old. "We don't have any real proof that open source is bad, so lets just get our customers to say it for us. While we're at it, we'll give them some sort of compensation."