Bruce, I'm glad you verified your not completely true information. Unfortunately,, I did not see tis message until after I installed Chrome on my 1st generation EEE PC running windwos 8 consumer edition just to prove that it can be done:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bmSCawI606ULfWRFNMdFrOnR9yYBD3zw5d0l22edA_o?feat=directlink I'm going to te Philippines so I'm setting up an all beta windows system (windows 8 visual studio 11 and resharper 7) so I can do some mongoDB .NET driver development on the 16 hour plane ride to hong kong. Thank god cathy pacific has 120v outlets in coach. Anyway, what Microsoft is doing with ARM is annoying, but there following in apples footsteps, and honestly if anyone has a monopoly in the space win8 on ARM will be in, its apple with their iPad. On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Bruce Martin <bmar...@mac.com> wrote: > My thoughts exactly. > > UPDATE: It seems that what I heard on the radio was only half the story. > According to this article it is only doing that on the ARM version of > Windows 8 so any tablet or phone running windows 8 RT will only allow IE. > > > http://www.webmonkey.com/2012/05/mozilla-windows-8-a-return-to-the-digital-dark-ages/ > > > > Bruce Martin > c. 917-727-8230 > p. 570-421-0670 > bmar...@mac.com > > > > On May 12, 2012, at 1:38 PM, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > > >> Thought I would chime in here. I heard that Microsoft currently has > plans not to allow third party browsers in Windows 8. Meaning IE 9 only for > Windows 8. This to me is yet another bone head move as IE 9 still lacks the > standards that Chrome, Safari and FireFox support. > > > > How long do you think that would last before the DOJ gets a hold of > > that and replays 1998 all over again...? > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >
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