Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 18, 2003 12:27 AM
After all, most anyone knows that Netscape and even MS IE have been free for years and noone has concerns about lincensing issues with these very common programs. Of course, I realize MS has obsured this fact with its attempts and claims that IE is one with the OS, but anyone who used the www in its early days knows that graphic browsers have been available at no charge for years.
Unfortunely, the above mentioned school probably only uses the version of IE that came with the windows installation, which (I would imagine) means that they not only would not allow the installation of an alternate (more standards compliant) browser, but would even prohibit upgrading IE to the current version. To bad, the students will graduate with an outdated skillset (in web design, or whatever you want to call it) and not even be aware of the fact, or that there is a set of standards that they should strive for. And that is just one issue!
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 18, 2003 12:27 AMUnfortunely, the above mentioned school probably only uses the version of IE that came with the windows installation, which (I would imagine) means that they not only would not allow the installation of an alternate (more standards compliant) browser, but would even prohibit upgrading IE to the current version. To bad, the students will graduate with an outdated skillset (in web design, or whatever you want to call it) and not even be aware of the fact, or that there is a set of standards that they should strive for. And that is just one issue!
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