Michael Madigan wrote: > I find the graphic rendering to be slower in Firefox. > > I still don't understand why one would develop > firefox, since Microsoft's browser is free. > > I understand why one would develop linux to save > server OS costs > > I understand why one would develop OpenOffice to save > on Microsoft Office costs. > > I understand why one would develop The Gimp to save on > Photoshop costs > > I understand why one would develop Thunderbird to save > on Outlook costs > > But I don't understand the reason to develop Firefox.
Well.... there are the technical reasons. Firefox has had features like tabbed browsing and add-ins for years, while IE added poor look-alikes to some of those features only belatedly, and after MSFT repeatedly said that they would NOT introduce a new version of IE until Vista shipped. And there are the security reasons. Nary a day goes by without another exploit being reported for IE - for a browser that's on version 7, for pete's sake. It's architecture is fundamentally flawed and lends itself to all sorts of mischief. I get the willies every time I have to use IE for something - which by now is only when I visit the MSFT site. Why do I have to download an unsigned ActiveX control in order to read a whitepaper on FoxPro? And there's simply the matter of choice. Walter Chrysler made a perfectly good car back in 190n. Why did Henry Ford have to go and compete with him? That sort of thing. People like choices, if for no other reason than personal preference. 'tain't just about MONEY. As far as those other programs... some of them just started because someone was tinkering. There are oodles of libraries out there for Fox. But I bet everyone on this list spent the time writing their own (duplicate) for something.... Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
