But being right is often the best revenge. But while Microsoft is winning the browser war, and while I find IE 5 superior to Netscape's latest Navigator browser, I'm pleased to say that the browser wars are back on. Only fitting with a new release of the first Star Wars movie in 16 years on its way soon to a theater near you. I saw a lot of venom spewed at Mr. Berst as a result of that piece on various mailing lists. Mostly I think the people spewing such venom were stuck on the headline and didn't actually read the article.
Standards ARE a good thing.
AOL's the other company that I've taken a lot of grief over, but there perhaps the best revenge would've been buying the stock and holding it since I first started the newsletter. Unfortunately a warped sense of ethics and lack of funds at the time derailed that, so I'll have to settle for being right. That will level the playing field in the browser wars quite a bit. I mean, the browsers have become a commodity and for the most part offer the same features and functions at about the same speed. And in the day and age of 19.2 gigabyte hard drives, having a couple of browsers on your machine isn't such a big deal.