__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 29 April 2006 07:05 \__
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ dapunka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 26 April 2006 21:11 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>>,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| Thanks to the marketing team at Google, Firefox >is the first third
>>>>| party product to be featured on Google's >homepage. For now, only IE
>>>>| users in the US will see the promo.
>>>>`----
>>>
>>> I think this is absolutely reasonable. I've lost track of the number
>>> of sites that tell me I need Internet Explorer to see the site in all
>>> its glory.
>>>
>>> If it's ok for some sites to push an insecure browser like IE, what can
>>> be wrong with other sites recommending a more secure alternative?
>>
>> Don't forget that most Google pages (the SERP's at the least) can be
>> rendered just fine by IE5 and IE6 (among predecessors). For Google to
>> speak for the Web, to which it is the main gateway, would be a bold move.
>>
>> All the buzz which this tactic creates seems to have deterred Google.
>> Ghost says this campaign has potentially reached an end, based on what he
>> sees in the States, under IE. One wonders if Google use the browser cookie
>> to count page requests and cease to recommend Firefox after a while.
>>
>
> Or perhaps leave it for a while before doing it again?
Judging by < http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1508998.cms >,
which was published only yesterday, there has been no true abatement to this
strategy. Perhaps, despite skepticism, Google directly contribute to Open
Source; yes, _after all_!
Wait until Google do the same thing with OpenOffice. Last year they sent some
Google engineers to the OpenOffice team. OpenOffice only indirectly competes
with a service of them (the Writely acquisition), but with search bars in
Vista and IE7, Google must pull the public out of Microsoft products. Also
see:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/28/1513240
Financials Indicate Microsoft Prepping for War (with Google)
Best wishes,
Roy
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