On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 02:56 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 09:13 AM, B. Eric Bradley observed: > >> I don't use Premiere myself, but I am concerned that this (coupled >> with M$ pulling the plug on IE for Mac) smacks of the beginning of a >> trend. > > I pretty much agree with Jerry about Premier, but he didn't address IE.
You are right, but I thought it was quite obvious what M$ is up to. > > What hasn't been pointed out by a lot of the observers is that Mac IE > wasn't really killed; it was rolled into Microsoft's new MSN for > Macintosh, which is not a free product. They're doing the same thing > with IE for Windows in that newer versions will only be available as > part of operating system upgrades costing $100 or more. > > I think the IE discontinuation was pretty much to be expected, now > that Microsoft has been anointed by the Justice Department as the > winner of the browser wars. They used their market dominance to win > the war by giving away the product for a few years to bleed all the > competition. Now they're earning back the money they invested. > > It's a nice example of how to take advantage of a monopoly. They stole > the browser market fair and square. > Stole or bought???? (grin) > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
