MSN.com (Another viewpoint)

[rudy rouhana]

--- Tom <tomwhore@inetarena.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Steve Bush wrote:
> 
> --]I propose another question: if you were Microsoft how would you do it
> --]differently?  
> 
> The best way to win over users is to embrace all tech up front and then
> Show them why it would be better to move over to MSos.
> 
> Not beat them over the head with it upfront.

Is it really?  MS seems to be doing just fine with the latter.  I mean, why
should MS spend their own money to support all browser technology if that
comprises less than x% of their total hits?  To be honest, if I was paying a
web design company, and they spent more than 5 minutes making it Opera
compatible, I'd be pissed and wouldn't pay for that work.  If they want to do
that for free, on their own time, and it doesn't interfere with Explorer users,
fine.  Otherwise, I, and most companies deploying web aps could care less about
Opera compatibility.

Maybe a reasonable solution is to give MSN away for FREE to Explorer users
since they comprise an audiance large enough to sustain revenue from ads but to
CHARGE users of other browsers because their numbers are not large enough to
justify the development expense?

-Rudy


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