Jargons of Info Tech industry

[John W. Kennedy]

CBFalconer wrote:
> Chris Head wrote:
> 
> .... snip ...
> 
>>Why can't we use the Web for what it was meant for: viewing
>>hypertext pages? Why must we turn it into a wrapper around every
>>application imaginable?
> 
> 
> Because the Lord High PoohBah (Bill) has so decreed.  He has
> replaced General bullMoose.

Not particularly his doing. SGI was using a Netscape plugin to 
distribute and install operating-system patches when Billionaire 
"Intelligent Design" Billy was still denying that TCP/IP had a future.

And there are places for web forums: public feedback pages, for example. 
(Add RSS and/or e-mail and/or NNTP feeds for more advanced users.)

-- 
John W. Kennedy
"The grand art mastered the thudding hammer of Thor
And the heart of our lord Taliessin determined the war."
   -- Charles Williams.  "Mount Badon"