On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 09:43, Michael Wever wrote: > > Here here. I agree with reading the specs and that m$ is total crap. > But... when the mail comes in and the title is all junk (yes it happens to > me alot) and m$ users, who have no idea about specs or code, see > this then their response is to laugh and comment on what a piece of sh%t > linux and evolution is. "It doesn't happen in outlook!" i hear them say. > > Evolution's lack of acceptance to m$ sh%t makes evolution look bad not > outlook! Simple but true. > Mick. Mick is exactly right. We must remember that Microsoft is much more interested in maintaining (or increasing) market share and forcing users to be locked in to their products than in being standards compliant. Whatever Microsoft implements, be it compliant or not, is a 'standard' just due to their market penetration. If Microsoft displays a mail header 'correctly' and other mailers (evo for example) do not, then it is the standards-compliant mailer that will be viewed as the one with the problem. It is to MS's advantage to have their software perform in almost-standards-compliant fashion so they can continue to demonstrate how much 'better' their software is than the alternative. I don't like this any more than anyone else. But MS does not play fair. They play to win.
To be able to compete with them any competing mail client, for better or worse, needs to bend their standards compliance the same way as MS does. Not because it is 'right' but because until there is enough market penetration of clients that _do_ adhere to the standards, MS will not change. It is not in their best interest to do so. To take the high road and maintain standards compliance will limit the acceptance of Evolution in shops that are heavily Outlook-based (like mine). I am the sole Linux/Evolution user in my small company. I have to defend my choice of systems on a regular basis. Not because Outlook is better, but because Evolution is different. Just my $.02. By the way, I love Evolution and would loathe going back to Outlook. -- Frank Burough Associate Director, Bioinformatics Elixir Pharmaceuticals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
