Comments on: Microsoft thuggery at it’s best https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:44:51 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: VelociraptorBlade https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/#comment-2477 VelociraptorBlade Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:16:53 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1814#comment-2477 They're BOTH thuggish - Apple just does a better job of brainwashing it's customers. They’re BOTH thuggish – Apple just does a better job of brainwashing it’s customers.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/#comment-2469 TB Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:39:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1814#comment-2469 Thanks! The tech is largely gobbledegook to me (I hadn't even heard of WebGL until now) but it sounds like a lot of people are on top of the problems. Still not seeing any "thuggery" in this, though. Microsoft's history wasn't half as "proprietary" as Apple's used to be. Thanks! The tech is largely gobbledegook to me (I hadn’t even heard of WebGL until now) but it sounds like a lot of people are on top of the problems.

Still not seeing any “thuggery” in this, though. Microsoft’s history wasn’t half as “proprietary” as Apple’s used to be.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/#comment-2468 mcfly Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:34:59 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1814#comment-2468 More notes: <a href="http://learningwebgl.com/cookbook/index.php/WebGL:_Frequently_Asked_Questions#What_about_security.3F" rel="nofollow">Here</a>, <a href="http://blog.jprosevear.org/2011/05/13/webgl-security/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://www.khronos.org/news/permalink/webgl-security" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The Contextis report is highly speculative, and the issues it refers to are known. It offers no bombshells, and none of it is news to WebGL's architects. WebGL is still a shiny new technology, and as with so many web technologies before it, things have to be ironed out. And they will be. The battles over HTML5 and its related technologies have been bitter, and it could still get worse. The web browser's becoming a more important piece of software, and this latest evolutionary jump has bestowed browsers with a great deal of power based primarily on an open model. Microsoft, as we all know, is a champion of proprietary systems. More notes:

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and here.

The Contextis report is highly speculative, and the issues it refers to are known. It offers no bombshells, and none of it is news to WebGL’s architects.

WebGL is still a shiny new technology, and as with so many web technologies before it, things have to be ironed out. And they will be.

The battles over HTML5 and its related technologies have been bitter, and it could still get worse. The web browser’s becoming a more important piece of software, and this latest evolutionary jump has bestowed browsers with a great deal of power based primarily on an open model. Microsoft, as we all know, is a champion of proprietary systems.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/#comment-2464 TB Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:53:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1814#comment-2464 It's based on <a href="http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl/" rel="nofollow">this report,</a> not Microsoft's. The FAQ on that page has instructions for disabling it on Firefox and Chrome. A lot of the tech discussion is over my head. It’s based on this report, not Microsoft’s.

The FAQ on that page has instructions for disabling it on Firefox and Chrome.

A lot of the tech discussion is over my head.

]]> By: mcfly https://habitablezone.com/2011/06/17/microsoft-thuggery-at-its-best/#comment-2455 mcfly Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:58:02 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=1814#comment-2455 Sheesh, where to start... Well, there's no denying that MS has plenty of experience with serious design flaws. But whether their being honest about the security risks, it could take a while to determine. My guess, and that's all it is, is that there *may* be a tiny seed of truth that they're depicting as an old-growth forest. Google And Mozilla don't really have a history of major security snafus. Gaming is a big part of MS's revenue stream, though, and they'll go to the wall to protect that investment. Smearing potential competition is the beginning, not the end. FWIW, though, they're in a thuggish industry. Sheesh, where to start…

Well, there’s no denying that MS has plenty of experience with serious design flaws. But whether their being honest about the security risks, it could take a while to determine. My guess, and that’s all it is, is that there *may* be a tiny seed of truth that they’re depicting as an old-growth forest. Google And Mozilla don’t really have a history of major security snafus.

Gaming is a big part of MS’s revenue stream, though, and they’ll go to the wall to protect that investment. Smearing potential competition is the beginning, not the end. FWIW, though, they’re in a thuggish industry.

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