From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 27 05:36:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03C6216A41F for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:36:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.web-strider.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E2043D49 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:36:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedwin2k (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id jBR5dlP81052; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:39:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Kent Stewart" , Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 21:36:26 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 In-Reply-To: <200512260528.14110.kstewart@owt.com> Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: RE: BSD Question's. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:36:30 -0000 >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kent Stewart >Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 5:28 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: BSD Question's. > >Each browser has some technology that they depend on and you >have to use >that browser before you can use their services. The 80/20 rule probably >applies because the banks can program for IE and get 85% of the people >without trippling their web development costs. > No, it is because banks historically are taken advantage of by IT providers. And why not - nobody likes them, if you were lucky enough to get a bank contract you would do it too. It's kind of like doing work for the IRS. Banks always get way overcharged and get the most inapplicable and expensive technology possible. The web dev. houses that get bank contracts overcharge mightily, and put their neophyte designers on the jobs. They have to, by the time the bank pays them it has cost more in legwork to get the money than the job is worth, most times. Ted