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Internet Explorer 8 might not be best choice
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| Software like Gimp (and OpenOffice and Linux and hundreds of other titles out
| there) are developed by smart people who donate their efforts for the greater
| good. This "open source" initiative believes that a whole bunch of people
| each doing a little bit of work can develop some pretty cool code. This has
| worked in the past and will continue to work in the future. What has hampered
| the open source community is the lack of paid support options... if Gimp
| breaks, you have to rely on user groups and others to help you fix it; if you
| buy Photoshop and it breaks, you can call someone and they will help you fix
| the problem. That support is part of what you are paying for. However, you
| will find many open source products to be high quality and ready for your
| use.
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http://www.newschief.com/article/20090419/NEWS/904195021/1053?Title=Internet-Explorer-8-might-not-be-best-choice
Google's Dominance and Microsoft's Perseverance
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| Year after year, and month after month we keep an eye on the search engine
| market share picture. Over and over again in the US, we see Google completely
| dominating (more so with each year it seems), Yahoo a ways back, and
| Microsoft even further back.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/04/09/googles-dominance-and-microsofts-perseverance
Recent:
Microsoft IE8 Launch Not Exactly a Catch to Users
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| Aodhan Cullen, StatCounter founder and CEO, described the users’ reaction to
| the launch of IE8 as “underwhelming,” according to Channel Web.
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http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Microsoft_IE8_Launch_Not_Exactly_a_Catch_to_Users_36102.html
Microsoft IE8 Still Eats Firefox's Dust, Says Mossberg (MSFT)
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-microsoft-ie8-still-eats-firefoxs-dust-says-mossberg-2009-3
With IE8, Microsoft Ignores One Third Of The Market
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| But speed is really everything. Without speed, all the other features fall by
| the wayside. You can't enjoy a WebSlice (which is a slice of a Webpage that
| is constantly updated) if it takes forever to load. And if you look at
| Internet Explorer's market share, it has steadily been eroded over the past
| few years by its faster rivals Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera. We'll have
| to wait for new independent speed tests to see how IE8 stacks up, but speed
| does not appear to be its strong point.
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| Microsoft is doing what it always does: focusing on its massive installed
| base of users and ignoring the rest. If you've already left IE for a speedier
| browser, IE8 is not going to bring you back, and Microsoft knows it. For
| instance, Internet Explorer long ago turned its back the Mac and IE8 will be
| no different. There will be no Mac version, even though Macs continue to gain
| market share against PCs.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/19/AR2009031902027.html
Internet Explorer 8, RC1: Photos
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| IE8 still trails the opposition by an awful amount; removing Opera from the
| comparison would leave IE8 at almost three times slower than its nearest
| competitor.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Internet-Explorer-8-RC1-Photos/0,130061733,339294590-4s,00.htm
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