Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 09:31:34 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Jamie Jones <jamie@northway.bishopston.net> Cc: nils@tisys.org, paul@akita.co.uk, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, brett@lariat.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, djohnson@acuson.com Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <3BE2D876.405608C4@mindspring.com> References: <200111021641.QAA90472@bishopston.net>
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Jamie Jones wrote: > To me at least, this thread seems very similar to the recent thread on > the FreeBSD Linux compatibility layer, and whether we should really > emulate Linux or not. > > In that case, the vast majority thought the emulation was a good idea. > > Help me out here - what's different ? The precise case in question is a web site that uses the JavaScript browser identification to exclude browsers other than IE or Netscape running on Windows. To "be compatible", we would have to lie to the JavaScript interpreter, so that when it ran locally (which is where JavaScript runs), it believed that it was running on an IE or Netscape of the appropriate version on Windows. To do this, we would have to illegally use at least one trademark. This seems to be what you are suggesting. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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