Microsoft Being Microsoft Blocks Many Browsers from MSN.Com
From the maker of Opera, a Norwegian web browser,
"Microsoft claimed that Opera users were denied entry because the Opera browser 'doesn't support the latest XHTML standard,' according to Bob Visse, MSN's director of marketing.
'Opera's XHTML standard is of the highest quality,' says Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software ASA. 'In fact, Opera is internationally acclaimed and renowned for its strict compliance with all international Internet standards. Maybe Microsoft should take a look at its lack of respect for the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) international Internet standards before bad-mouthing others.'
The W3C is the international body created to ensure interoperability between technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
The irony of Microsoft's claim to standards support is complete when you check the MSN.com site for compliance with the XHTML standard. Anyone can go to the W3C's standards validation service at http://validator.w3.org/ and type in www.msn.com. The returned document demonstrates clearly that not a single document on their site adheres to W3C specifications, and many of their documents do not use XHTML at all, e.g. http://careers.msn.com/."
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