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'pushed' a little bit more.
Lanfranco


On Friday 16 January 2004 13:32, Dave Fisher wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 12:44:31PM +0000, Lanfranco Gandolfo wrote:
> > I tried again to install IE 6, but now I am back at square one.
> > In my opinion, however wonderful Wine might be, not being able to
> > use a native browser is not real freedom.
>
> Hi,
>
> As I am sure you are aware, absolute freedom is logically impossible in
> a universe choc full of interdependencies.
>
> Wine will never be as good as the latest MS-Windows for running
> Microsoft applications, and no one should be led to believe otherwise.
>
> Wine is first and foremost a comforter (or bridge) for those who can't or
> won't make a wholehearted switch to open systems, but who hope to make
> such a switch in the relatively near future.
>
> Most people who expect to continue depend indefinitely on MS-Windows
> programs for core activities should not bother with Wine or Linux at
> all.
>
> Users of Windows applications whose authors/industries are committed to
> developing and maintaining Wine support (the film industry's project to
> maintain Wine support for Photoshop springs to mind) are possible
> exceptions, but the rule applies in the general case.
>
> However frustrating and time consuming it may be, people who want to use
> Natwest banking on Linux are most to achieve long term success by
> persuading Natwest/RBOS to follow WC3 web standards.
>
> This is an entirely winnable argument, because it plays to the economic
> self-interest of site owners in so many different ways.
>
> Most immediately, it eliminates the costly requirement to code for
> different versions of the dominant IE browser, i.e. you don't have to
> plead for support based on the hypothetical growth of alternative
> (minority) platforms.
>
> Over the last two years there has been a very noticable trend away from
> browser-based design and towards standards-based design in corporate web
> sites and web applications.  I would be very surpised if there were not
> a significant lobby within the Natwest/RBOS technical community to 'get
> with the program'.
>
> Perhaps even more significantly, non-technical senior managers are
> finally coming to realise that competitors are only too willing and able
> to exploit the fragility (and rigidity) of browser-based design.  I can
> see no other explanation for the recent rash of conversions to
> standards-based design amongst UK retailers.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
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