Of course, their new site only looks right when viewed by their product (IE) on their OS (Windows).

Microsoft is a W3C member that sits on the XHTML and CSS working groups, and makes web browsers that support those technologies. Microsoft’s browser developers include longtime W3C contributors like Chris Wilson and Tantek Çelik who help create web standards and are passionate about supporting them. It’s too bad their hard work and that of other W3C members was ignored by the site’s designers.

Those who use font tags and other such junk often claim they’re doing so to make the site look good in old browsers. That wouldn’t be a sensible goal for the makers of IE6, but let’s run it up the flagpole. The ill-coded redesign looks reasonably good in Netscape 4/Win but the site is illegible in Netscape 4/Mac.

Why am I not surprised? It can’t live with standards anywhere else, so why should I expect that they could on their website.

More evidence that the Recording industry is just plain criminal!

An insider present at the hearing commented, “It was kinda pathetic watching all the major suits try and defend the indefensible… it was clear that the Senators want no part of any legislation, but that they feel it’s inevitable if the majors refuse to address any of the artists’ concerns.”

After reading this report, I’m actually more appalled than every at the way musicians are treated. Can you imagine… **The Backstreet Boys*’ have ‘*NEVER** received a royalty check from their record company????? How is this possible in a civil society?

I have to hand it to M$. They are keeping up with their end of the bargain and making their apps available and robust on the Mac platform.

Beginning Tuesday, buyers of new Macs can pick up the full version of Office v. X for $199, or about $200 less than the full purchase price. The promotion ends Jan. 7, 2003.

Hopefully this will boost sales such that they keep improving the product on OSX.