> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... > I think the reason Einar forwarded it was for this: > > >The problem is that due to the Market share of Microsoft an error in a > >Microsoft program may force non-Microsoft users to make changes, and > >possibly also imply a loss of mail functionality. > > There *is* the 800-pound gorilla problem here. If one company with > significant market share manages to Do It Very Wrongly, it leaves everybody > else having to decide between being able to follow the standard, or being > able to intercommunicate. > ...
Bugs that cause operational problems in the network such as routing flaps might be reasonably announced in the IETF's main list. This particular bug does sound likely to affect the operation of the Internet itself. It also does not not sound as serious as other bugs in Microsoft MUAs, such as the one that puts the wrong MIME boundary string in the header and so causes receiving causing MUAs to think the message is empty. The internal bug reporting mailing list for any large company would have far too much traffic to be forwarded to the IETF's mailing list. Let's not try to imagine what a mailing list devoted to bugs in Microsoft software would be like, given Microsoft's many products and world leading attention to quality. (If you're not in the middle of the pack, your salescritters will claim you're leading, and never mind the direction.) In other words, let's let those who are forced to use Microsoft MUAs software (including indirectly by sending mail to people who insist on using Microsoft MUAs) find their own wailing wall. Vernon Schryver [EMAIL PROTECTED]