[FrankR]

"to close the books on a clash over obscure interoperability problems..."

Now, admittedly, I don't keep up with a lot of the happenings out in techno-land, but this sounds like Ronco sueing the Ford Motor Company because their latest cup holder doesn't fit correctly.

And, logic says, why would Microsoft go and try to slam dunk Opera, when it's Netscape that's their biggest competitor.

[antiRepublicrat]

this sounds like Ronco sueing the Ford Motor Company because their latest cup holder doesn't fit correctly.

Not a good analogy.

And, logic says, why would Microsoft go and try to slam dunk Opera,

Netscape was already marginalized, and Opera was an upstart that was getting very popular quite quickly. Better to nip these things in the bud.

[The_Royal_Navy]

there latest cup hilder dosn't fit corectly? uh oh,...