On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:25:48 -0500, Adrocknaphobia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Jim. The majority will always be targeted. If fireFox > held the market share, we'd be having this same converstaion in > reverse.
No, because someone would fix the problem - I could fix it, you could fix it, one of the millions of open source programmers would put out a patch. Right now with IE you have to wait for the masters to give you your fix. You have to beg like a good dog. You can do nothing. You are powerless. > I think that IE is going to remain strong based on the fact that if > someone learns how to surf the web by clicking on the blue 'e', I install firefox on almost everyones computer that I have to run spybot on (non-techies). Then I change the Icon to the "E" and they are none the wiser. > thats what they are going to use. Now if anyone has a shot of giving > IE a run for thier money its going to be googles new browser, based on > thier strong branding and public support of the company in general. IE is getting a run for their money. And in my opinion they are loosing. Mind share is the strongest asset that a tech company can have, and IE (and MS in general) is leaking like a sieve -- ~The cfml plug-in for eclipse~ http://cfeclipse.tigris.org ~open source xslt IDE~ http://treebeard.sourceforge.net ~open source XML database~ http://ashpool.sourceforge.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - RUWebby http://www.ruwebby.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:186287 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
