____/ Mark Kent on Friday 25 January 2008 16:12 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Hotmail doesn't work with Firefox 2.0: Microsoft answers to Linux users
>> "Switch to Outlook Express"
>>
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>>| I?m the increasingly discontent owner of an Hotmail account (don?t laught,
>>| I subscribed back when Hotmail wasn?t owned by Microsoft). Recently, in
>>| order to compete with Google on the Web, Hotmail?s interface was
>>| overhauled: it now has a ?classic? interface, which works reasonably well
>>| but is still rather limited, and a supposedly ?Full? interface that should
>>| make it the equal of sites like Google Apps and Yahoo Mail/Calendar/etc.
>> `----
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/hotmail_doesnt_work_with_firefox_2
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> Since anything up to 50% of people are using Firefox, Microsoft are
> essentially eliminating themselves from a massive potential userbase.
> Any normal company would never consider taking such short-sighted
> action. Microsoft still seem to be chasing the "monopoly" dream, which
> I believe is now going to elude them forever.
They lose $billions in their online division, IIRC. Microsoft is hurting and
the financial figures are a case of bluffing. I'll post something about this
shortly.
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