Re: Debian, Iceweasle, Firefox!

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

Steve Lamb wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Steve Lamb wrote:
> 
>>> Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>> I think that has more to do with Opera marginalizing themselves by
>>>> expecting people to put up with *more* ads or pay for a web browser.
>>> That has little to do with what the websites do with the user agent
>>> string than anything else.
> 
>> I don't see it that way.  I see their abuse of User-Agent as pandering to
>> get any audience and re-enforcing poor web design.
> 
>     Really, so what do you call it when Konquerer does it?

Still not a fan.

>>>> Sounds like the actual problem is that businesses should be less
>>>> willing to cut off their own nose.
>>> The problem is from their perspective, they're not.
> 
>> I look forward to buying a used Aeron chair from their
>> going-out-of-business fire sale.
> 
>     Lemme know how that goes in 10 years.

I think that's being a little overoptimistic.  SCO's puppetmasters are
probably going to start getting tired of their repeated and spectacular
failures sooner rather than later.