Is Canada Post discriminating against Linux?

[Francois Ouellette]

> On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:17:52 -0500 (EST), John Vetterli
> <jvetterli-zC6tqtfhjqE at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, Robert Brockway wrote:
> > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, B B wrote:
> > >> I think Canada Post is blocking Linux browsers to the
> > >> business site. (Netcraft says the site is run on ISS)
> > > Yes I get the same problem.  Firefox 1.0 on Linux.  They cannot
seriously
> > > claim this is too old.
> >
> > Run "wget http://obc.canadapost.ca/" and have a look at their
javascript.
> >
> > It looks like they explicitly specify a list of acceptable
> > platform-browser-version combinations.  If you're not on win32, macppc
or
> > mac68k, or if you're not using IE or Netscape, you're out of luck.

Many web designers use only one tool and expect the world to be compatible
with their little world instead of developing "real" applications that can
accommodate most of what's out there. Also, since some of the stuff on CP
site is about transactions and things that involve $$$ and tracking of
documents and they want to restrict the browsers to the few they know will
work with the way they coded their pages.

It's not only "Linux" as much as the HTML and related components that are
most probably based on M$ idea of "interoperability". May I mention the huge
reaction to B. Gates' article on this issue?!?

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>



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