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Apple developer: 'I've finally been Microsofted!'
Some people told me to stop over reacting when I suggested that Microsoft might have taken a page from Apple's browser strategy. 'All browsers look alike,' they said.Jens Alfke, a developer on the Safari RSS team, seems to agree with me. Who better to have on your side in this particular argument? He feels like he has been 'Microsofted,' and he isn't just talking about the RSS button. His advice to Windows users chomping at the bit for this feature? Pick up a Mac and the future of the Windows platform can be yours today!
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Brock Batsell said 4:43PM on 6-27-2005
Looks like he thought better of it and pulled the post :(
Anyone have a copy? I'd like to read it.
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Porchland said 5:35PM on 6-27-2005
Instead of developing Longhorn, Microsoft should just buy Tiger when Apple is finished with it. The release date wouldn't be affected, and Microsoft's code jockies could spend their time making Microsoft Office (even more) bloated and less user friendly!
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xyz3 said 10:57PM on 6-27-2005
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:X_6_nN-GMLcJ:mooseyard.com/Jens/2005/06/ive-been-microsofted+&hl=en&client=safari
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Wes McGee said 3:15AM on 6-29-2005
You know, I may be a lowly PC user, but I think all of you Mac fans are missing the point. I think RSS is going to be integrated into Longhorn itself, independent of Internet Explorer itself. As in the user can set a list of RSS feeds they want to subscribe to in the OS, and any program that wants to can pull this data up and use it, put it in their own interfaces, and what not.
I do not think there is an equivalent to this in Tiger i.e. I believe NetNewsWire has to ping for its feeds separately from Safari or other programs, as opposed to hooking into an OS provided service. However,
I believe that Internet Explorer having access to this data store is the *least significant* part of the announcement.
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Wes McGee said 3:18AM on 6-29-2005
Gee... I messed that up... after the "However," I meant to add "if I misdescribed how Safari and/or Tiger handles RSS, or that it is a system service, I retract's all my comments and stand corrected.
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