[KLUG Advocacy] [Fwd: Microsoft And Standards]

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> INTERNETWEEK NEWSLETTER
> http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epXu0GO8ZR0G4X0DJMu0ED
> Wednesday, 08 03, 2005
> 1. EDITOR'S NOTE: Microsoft And Standards
> For a long time Microsoft was known for breaking standards, not
> following them. That image, however, appears to be changing. Security
> and bug fixes are the priority in the upcoming Internet Explorer 7
> release, but a nod is also being given to Cascading Style Sheets and
> other emerging standards for developing browser-based web
> applications.

CSS is an "emerging" technology?  Yes, like "the wheel".

> It appears that groups within Microsoft that depend on IE are
> convincing others in the company that complying with standards is the
> best way to make IE a solid web development platform, according to
> Rob Helm, analyst for Directions on Microsoft. Signs that Microsoft
> is doing more than just talking is evident in the praise company has
> received by the Web Standards Project:
> http://update.internetweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/epXu0GO8ZR0G4X0DaSJ0Ex
> To call Microsoft pro-standards, however, would be taking it too far.

Ah, yep.