Re: [SM] No more IE for Mac, was "How can I speedup Netscape?"

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Tom writes:
Who just left you out in the cold:

http://news.com.com/2100-1045_3-1017126.html
 etc

Well, I had not seen these yet. Thanks for the update.

However, I'm not surprised. Apple clearly signalled its intentions 
with the Safari beta several months back. I haven't tried it yet, but 
guess it's time to download.

Maybe Safari will come along quickly. One certainly hopes so, and 
there is no question IE left much to be desired (complete CSS 
support, pop-up ad blocking, better customization). If the Apple 
people are committed to a proprietary browser, they'd best get going 
and make it a very good one indeed, else the strategy of pushing the 
Mac as the "I" hub of anything will sound hollow.

Abandoning standalone versions of Explorer also makes sense for 
Microsoft; I don't see this decision necessarily being from spite. 
During the antitrust case Gates & Co. made much of IE being an 
integral part of Windows, which wasn't entirely true. Thus the 
imperative to make it true, lest the gov't come calling again.

Thanks,

George

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