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Microsoft
Underscores Commitment to Web Standards
REDMOND, Wash., Apr. 11, 2000
-- Since its genesis, the development of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
technologies have been focused on providing customers with the best
Internet browsing experience possible. Web standards are very important to
our work in advancing these technologies and Microsoft will continue to
work towards improving and expanding standards support within the Windows
Internet technologies. Microsoft is proud that the Internet Explorer 5.0
technologies in Windows are the most standards-compliant browsing
technology shipping today. This underscores the importance that standards
have in the development of Internet browsing technologies. Recently, Microsoft was criticized for the way the
company supports various Web standards in Internet Explorer 5.5. The
assertions put forward in these criticisms are not true. Microsoft
develops all of its products -- including the Internet Explorer 5.5
technologies -- with all of its customers in mind: Web developers,
corporate users, and end users. Standards compliance is one of many ways
to add value to the Internet browsing technologies for our customers, and
we will continue to expand and improve these efforts. Microsoft will continue to develop and improve support
for industry standards, as well as advance other exciting new Web
technologies and continue to be an active and constructive player in the
standards process. Enriching the overall Internet experience for all of
our customers remains the primary focus of our efforts in developing
best-of-breed Internet technologies.
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