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	Jeremy, did you really think they would assist in creating their 
own competition?



                                             joeshea@netcom.com

On Mon, 1 May 1995, Jeremy Allaire wrote:

> For those that care, AOL is on the verge of literally setting the Web
> publishing community back substantially.  Their browser for Windows
> (and soon thereafter Mac) is a terrible product.  Not only have they
> ignored and failed to implement substantial and important features,
> but they have simply failed to even implement common HTML 2.0
> standards well.
> 
> While I give them credit for bringing their members online, they certainly
> did not think with content-publishers in mind when doing so.
> 
> AOL's browser is a travesty, and should create an uproar by Web
> developers over their lack of adoption of even the most minimal of
> standards and functionality.
> 
> Jeremy Allaire
> 
> 

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