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Re: Microsoft Employees Rage As Internet Explorer Ship Sinks

  • Subject: Re: Microsoft Employees Rage As Internet Explorer Ship Sinks
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 07:56:33 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / MCC / Manchester University
  • References: <1136415409.967015.298940@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <pan.2006.01.04.23.54.32.399114@zianet.com>
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__/ [ray] on Wednesday 04 January 2006 23:54 \__

> On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:56:50 -0800, nessuno wrote:
> 
>> "No way to build a market: No more Mac users. No more Dell users in the
>> UK. HP's shipping Netscape. Internet Explorer 7 is the ultimate "me
>> too" knock off. And nobody's madder than Microsoft employees and
>> fans..."
>> 
>> http://www.emailbattles.com/archive/battles/browsers_aacehieihi_gd/
> 
> I don't really understand why they'd be upset. I don't see IE as much
> worse than the rest of the system.

It is easier for the user to replace one 'component' at the time than to
learn and adapt to an entirely 'new' operating system. Let them adapt
slowly. First Firefox, then OpenOffice, then GIMP, then Linux. This, as a
matter of fact, is why Open Source on Windows is important. Give users
digestable chunks of Open Source; small bits at any one stage. Many migrate
because they are fascinated by the quality of Open Source software, which
does not project properly upon these stereotypes in their minds.

Roy

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