On Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:18:29 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
wrote:
> We have to see the reality.
> Over 2 thirds of the internet users are using M$ Internet Exploder.
> That's a fact. (and the number is still _rising_)
> And to be honest IE is not that inferior.
> It implements most standards better than Netscape.
> (Not as good as Opera though)
> IMHO the bigest problem is, that it's simply UGLY ...
> and I don't like the concept and the company :)
And unless you try hard not to get it, it's just there waiting for
you on your hard drive when you buy a new computer. So why not
just go ahead and use it? That's how most people think. It's
standard Microsoft procedure--there's no choice involved for the
average consumer. You have to go out of your way to use an
alternative, so most people just won't bother. This makes whatever
Microsoft wants to do the *de facto standard*.
Over the past twenty years Microsoft has sucessfully assimilated
word processing, spreadsheets, windowing, web-browsing, email. I
don't think Microsoft has ever originated anything. Semi-legal
piracy is what it amounts to.
It ought not to be allowed. But it has been.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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