I read that self closing tags were problematic for some browsers such as IE7 and Firefox 3 here: Why don't self-closing script tags work?

I am curious if this issue can also hold true for linking stylesheets.

For example using 

<link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

Instead of

<link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></link>
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