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____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 27 Feb 2010 18:41 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> wispygalaxy on Monday:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> They are just complying to avoid fines. Microsoft committed many
>>>> crimes to accrue market share, so the ballot hardly restores
>>>> justice or undoes the mess.
>>>
>>> To me, it looks like Firefox is gaining with every passing day.
>>> Today in the computer lab, I heard my friend say, "This computer is
>>> too slow!" I look over and see that she's using Internet Explorer.
>>> I tell her, "Well, there's Firefox on the desktop. Why don't you
>>> try that?" She then agrees to try it out after I tell her that
>>> it's a browser. Spreading the news about Firefox via word-of-mouth
>>> is very effective, I think.
>>
>> That's just how Firefox got so big to begin with. Nobody recommends
>> IE. It's just /glued/ to new PCs and cannot be removed.
>
> The only thing that keeps IE from disuse is some sites still require it,
> blocking other browsers from viewing content. Use of proprietary
> Active-X and web extensions prevent successful content viewing by
> standards compliant browsers. Some company IT and government
> departments still insist on it as the only browser available on the desktop.
>
> As Intranet cloud computing expands, IE and the Microsoft Windows
> desktop will become a thing of the past, as any appliance with a browser
> can view content and do office automation.
>
> Decreased usage of Windows desktops will improve overall corporate net
> reliability. Toner monkey job market will shrink.
Bad for ErikFu.
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