[plug] National Bank against open source

[Ryan]

On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 11:43, sscott at iinet.net.au wrote:
> Quoting Lawrie Abbott <lawrieabbott at iinet.net.au>:
> 
> > 
> > "We are aware that the standard version of Mozilla currently works with 
> > our site but will not be including it in the browser detection script as 
> > it is an open source application."
> 
> woaaah guys. Hang on a sec.
> 
> Why I agree this is possibly the most poorly worded response ever, consider it 
> from their perspective.
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> disclaimer: I work for an arm of MLC, which is itself an arm of NAB. I still 
> think they are bastards in many ways, but I cant agree with the logic of 
> getting wound up about this. 

If they put up a better reason/wording and show some understanding of
the matter, I'll shut up.  

I fully understand the points you raised regarding their predicament
supporting such software - I just want to see if they themselves
actually understand those points in a way that revokes their earlier
dismissive statement.  

If they don't, I'm happy to educate them with my wound-up energy and
size 11EEE Redwing boots (I actually wear Mack boots) :)

Ryan