[Gllug] [OT]MSN.com

[Richard Hillesley]

> >
> > What blocking software are you using Mozilla or Opera? ;-)
>
I like Opera's response, which follows:

> Opera strikes back:
> Opera acknowledges Microsoft's decision to allow access for
> standard-compliant browsers
>
> OSLO, Norway - Oct. 26, 2001 - Opera Software ASA today welcomed
> Microsoft's quick backtracking on denying millions of Opera users access to
> their main Web portal, MSN. Microsoft's abrupt change of mind came after
> hostile reactions were reported in the media from many Opera users who had
> tried to access the site.
>
> Microsoft claimed that Opera users  were denied entry  because the Opera
> browser "doesn't support the latest XHTML standard"  according to Bob
> Visse, MSN's director of marketing.
>
> "Opera's XHTML standard is of the highest quality," says Jon S. von
> Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software ASA. "In fact, Opera is internationally
> acclaimed and renowned for its strict compliance with all international
> Internet standards. Maybe Microsoft should take a look at its lack of
> respect for the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C)  international Internet
> standards before bad-mouthing others."
>
> The W3C is the international body created to ensure interoperability
> between technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to
> lead the Web to its full potential
>
> The irony of Microsoft's claim to standards-support is complete when you
> check the MSN.com site for compliance with the XHTML standard. Anyone can
> go to the W3C's standards validation service at http://validator.w3.org/
> and type in www.msn.com. The document returned demonstrates clearly that
> not a single document on their site adheres to W3C specifications, and many
> of their documents do not use XHTML at all, e.g. http://careers.msn.com/.
>
> This is not the first time Microsoft has tried to deny Opera users entry.
> Before, Microsoft has tried to keep Opera users out from its IIS-servers by
> excluding Opera from the browsercap.ini set-up files. That would exclude
> Opera users from any Web sites running on Microsoft's server solutions.
>
etc ...
Richard

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