Their response my inquiry was apologetic, but their decision was based on
cost containment. They said that less than 10%of surfers to the site were
Netscape or others. What I found even more strange is that another section
of their site is developed with PHP.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norbert Cartagena" <gnorb@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Explorer Only? (was: Final notice about Bradenton
gathering tonight)
> Russell Hires wrote:
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> >
> > Sad sad sad...but, hey, I can just fake it with Konqueror! I can tell it
to
> > tell the website that it's Internet Explorer. They'll never know what
hit 'em!
> >
> > Russell
> >
> >
> >
> >>and will be carried high and proud into the
> >>future like a beacon in the sea of Microsof darkness that is Manatee
> >>County. (Not kidding. Linux is not welcome here. Check this site out in
> >>a Linux browser if you don't believe me:
> >>http://www.manateeedc.com/sorry.asp)
>
> Hmm... I wonder if there'd be any way that you could force them into
> buying something like Crossover Office for all their non-Windows/IE
> using constituency? :-) Afterall, the web page is a public service, paid
> for with tax money, and as such, it needs to be accesible to all. As it
> stands, could this be counted as a violation of anti-discrimination
> laws? Currently, this (the CrossOver option) is the cheapest way to
> enable users to see their page, short of shelling $100 for Windows and
> another $80 for a hard drive (hey, why not? The wouldn't be able to tell
> you you're wrong...). Of course, then there's the price of MS Office...
> At least there should be a "you don't have to pay the MicroSoft tax"
> rebate for AlternativeOS users...
>
> I'm tired and probably rambling. It's times like these that make me want
> to waste some bandwidth :-)
>
> Gnorb
>
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