[SLUG] re:

From: Syd Alsobrook (syd@ittagteam.com)
Date: Wed Apr 24 2002 - 13:37:42 EDT


To be clear, I am not actually asking you to boycott any Microsoft
Products. I am merely asking that you make your site available to other
members of the business community that do not use Microsoft Products.

Syd

> Syd,
> Although we are not ready to boycott Microsoft products, I can
> understand your frustration and apologize for any inconvenience
> experienced by you and those who agree with your stance on Internet
> Explorer.
>
> When we reviewed our options for a new web site we were looking for
> features that would provide a seamless delivery of information to our
> potential clients, provide office integration within our organization,
> and incorporate some unique features such as the dynamic generation of
> PDF files. In order to achieve our goals we were faced with much
> higher programming costs to provide cross browser and interoffice
> software compatibility, or decide on a single platform. We reviewed the
> latest browser statistics and saw that Netscape had much less than ten
> percent of that market. (
> http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2001/December/browser.php )
> Consequently with that information and our VERY modest budget we
> decided to develop the web site and later provide a Netscape version
> with fewer features.
>
>
>
> >> You need to update you site to support user who do not use M$
> >> Window.
>
> >> Syd Alsobrook
> >> Palmetto, FL
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> Sue Lathrop
> Economic Development Council
> Phone: (941) 748-4842 ext. 125
> E-mail: SLathrop@ManateeEDC.com
> Web Site: www.ManateeEDC.com



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