<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Steve Holton <<a href="mailto:sph0lt0n@gmail.com">sph0lt0n@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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And, (not meaning to start a software freedom discussion here) in the end a web site using proprietary plugins will work correctly only on the equipment that web site chooses to support, meaning I (my kids) will always be unsupported beggars unless we upgrade to meet their demands. And upgrade again when the next version of Flash is released.....<br>
I'm interested in the XO because I want them to have to at least have another choice.</div></div></blockquote><div><br>Since I work in a school district that uses Macintosh computers for
instruction, I'm sensitive to the issue of web sites that require
proprietary plugins. But it is not clear to me what support beyond
Flash and Opera would be needed to view most websites. True, there
are sites around that require Internet Explorer and its ActiveX
features. But in the education domain those type of sites are very
rare. We get along just fine without those sites -- there are plenty
of alternative sites around that are usable by Macintosh computers.
Can't an XO with Flash and Opera view just as many sites as a Macintosh
computer can?<br>
<br>Curtis Griesel<br>Hopkins Public Schools<br>Hopkins, Minnesota <br></div></div><br>