Ever think that maybe that is a marketing ploy?Originally Posted by 4play
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Ever think that maybe that is a marketing ploy?Originally Posted by 4play
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yo
Maybe they get something an traking based on that Alexa crap also in addition to MSN search...
I didnt say people are going to Buy Ie , i said people are going to Buy Windows For Ie , people like newcomers to the computer world , and think that everything Ms is Good , people liek thatOriginally Posted by twisterX
And i said no one is gonna buy windows for IE. WHat moron would do that. most of those morons have AOL![]()
IE Tab is much better w/firefox!Originally Posted by peat moss
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Yes I think that Firefox is good, its much faster than IE. I do not do much surfing so I have not come across a site that did not load with FF.
But the subject of this thread is Why does Microsoft want us to use IE ? not what sites load or not !
When Netscape was king Bill Gates told his staff that the future of everything was on the net and that they had to get a good share of the browser market. So they worked on IE and after a few attempts got it passable. Then they gave it away free (Netscape was $ 100 I think) and everyone started using it as it was also installed by default with Windows. So they fucked Netscape's business !
I think the reason they want us to use IE is that in some way this must allow them to direct us to their web sites so we can buy more of their software. Or think that the internet is Microsoft territory only.
Any one else have some more reasons ?
PS now that FF (and others) are free and that Google will soon be giving away free the use of an Office workalike I think Miscrosft will be under a lot of pressure. It is a well known fact that they only make money on Windows and Office. (IE and Xbox cost them money). So if peopl start using Google's "office" then that will take cash away from Mircrosft and it couldn't have happened to a "nicer company" !
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IE is used by most because it is integrated with their O/S and that's because of Bill Gates' huge ego. He plays to win and wants everyone using his browser.
He's done a pretty good job of it too, from a business perspective.
Sadly, since it's integrated with the O/S you are more vulnerable to exploits and you cannot remove it.
In fact, MS is being sued/fined for this in Europe right now and will soon(if not already) be forced to offer their O/S without it.
I cannot stress this enough, the main reason to not use IE is due to this integration.
my .02¢
they are getting fined by the eu for having window media player already installed by default. they are gonna be fined something like 2 million a day until they ship a windows without it and open up alot of their code to help their competition.Originally Posted by harrycary
they where fined in the us for including internet explorer since that is where netscape is/was.
there is alot of moaning coming from within microsoft about how bad internet explorer is. it seems they really dont care about it anymore the only reason they are making version 7 is because they are getting lots of bad pr about security.
They have made billions dollars from us. Bill needs to spend a billion or two
on the Quality of his software. We have lemon laws for cars, maybe we need a lemon law for OS software.
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