On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 03:37:44PM +0000, Bob Crandell wrote:
> I'm starting to get the impression that a lot of this is old news, but for
> those that missed it:
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> 1. EDITOR'S NOTE: Rob Enderle Is No Bloodworth
[..]
> 
> Hint: It's not the technology, stupid. Microsoft software did not
> succeed because it's better--we all know that--it succeeded
[..]

You all can just keep telling yourself that.

IE, despite its security (or lack thereof) was:

 - Faster
 - Could display most pages without crashing
 - Used far less memory than Netscape 4.x
 - Had at least SOME real CSS support
 - Technologically superior to Netscape 4.x for two years before Mozilla
   was even mature enough to consider an alternative

The fact that it was integrated with the OS most people was gravy, and
that it didn't exist on Linux was more reason to run Microsoft.  With
KHTML and Gecko reaching a point where they can compete again against IE,
what do you know?  We see competition against IE!  The dominant share just
use IE because it's installed already, but as more and more power users
push for better browsers, vendors will again be pressured to include the
better options.



I won't bother to comment on Enderle.  He's an arrogant troll who likes to
stir up the Linux groupies every now and then.  The guy has this annoying
they-hate-me-because-I'm-right attitude, and he's never stopped to
consider that we hate him because he's a moron.  He may occasionally have
a great insight, but a few brilliant ideas and a whole slew of mediocre
and bad ones doesn't go half as far as having generally good ideas all
around.

I can't believe the community is still taking the time to debate the
content of his writings.

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