Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:10:34 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: "Walter C. Pelissero" <walter@pelissero.org> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <20011031210224.A710-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <15328.13403.591620.246277@hyde.lpds.sublink.org>
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On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, Walter C. Pelissero wrote: > I know there are plenty of http filters (not necessarily expensive > ones) that would let me sneak through the fascist bank's compatibility > checks. I could even use Internet Explorer from within a VMWare > emulator. That's not the point. The most annoying point, IMHO, is that what the bank has done is totally unneccessary. Sounds like one of their IT guys had a little too much time, probably he's even a relative of Mr Gates, and so he decided to block "those few" non-Windows users out. Funny, isn't it? Seriously: I have seen a few sites that kept complaining that my browser (either Konqueror 2.2.1 or Mozilla 0.9.5) are not supported, but when I told these browsers to disgusie as something else, I mostly noted that the page displayed without any (or only with minor) problems. When some online shop tells me that they won't work with my browser and that I should install a Microsoft product, GREAT, then I'll simply spend my money somewhere else. I always thought that any website (including the that started this thread) has an interest in being compatible with as many systems as possible, thus being accessible for the broadest range of people. But if some website tells me it's not compatible with what I use, then I'll take that as an invitation to leave and go somewhere else. As a customer, *they* depend on me more than I depend on them, I think... Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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