> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 2:48 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: MS Buys Opera > > > Maybe... but IE for CE (used in all the Windows Mobile > > platforms) is actually pretty good. So unless MS was > > planning to branch out to other platforms then it seems > > redundant... and it seems unlikely for them to branch > > out now since that's actually a battle they seem to be > > winning. > > Pocket IE is adequate, not pretty good. I use it every day, and I can
Well... I still think it's pretty good. Neener, neener, neener. > think of all sorts of ways it can be improved. I'm not alone, either - Of course... but then again I can think of all sorts of ways most things can be improved. PIE does the job that I need it to do. > Opera's primary niche is mobile devices. Microsoft's purchase of Opera > would > achieve two big goals - improving built-in Pocket PC functionality and, > perhaps just as important, denying that functionality for other platforms. Maybe... but Pocket Opera is far from the only solution out there so it wouldn't actually deny other platforms functionality. It would deny that particular software perhaps, but that's not the same thing. And while Opera's primary niche is mobile devices it is still only a niche player on mobile devices (since it's add-on software for the vast majority of devices and most people don't add on). Mobile devices are still a niche... and the browser is a small niche on them... and Opera's in a niche of that. It's niche-cubed. Doesn't seem very attractive to me. > Windows Mobile is starting to be a serious player in the phone world; I > think Treo's release of a Windows Mobile device shows that pretty clearly. > There's a lot of money here, and Microsoft is certainly aware of that. Which is exactly why I think you'll see improvements to PIE... but buying another piece of software to replace it just isn't something MS would do I think. PIE does have a lot of room for improvement, true, but it's hard to defend a claim that it's SO broken that throwing it away and buying another company is the best way to fix it. MS has shown no interest in producing software for non-Windows mobile platforms and if they did I doubt they'd start with a browser (most handheld device users never use a web browser). I think they'd probably begin with Windows Media Player or MS Reader - something more broadly applicable. Both of those products also seem to make more business sense they would improve sales of related materials (DRM'd music and books). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227664 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=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
