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275436 2004-09-25 05:07:00 A sad day for microsoft users
news.zdnet.com
fairway (5932)
275437 2004-09-25 05:17:00 this will just increas the rate at which people are dropping ie, and going to less crap alternatives lagbort (5041)
275438 2004-09-25 05:20:00 From that link"
"If you're one of about 200 million people using older versions of Windows and you want the latest security enhancements to Internet Explorer, get your credit card ready."

Oh yeah, sure!

>>>The reality is and will be like so:

Microsoft's IE :( X-( :(

Firefox, Netscape, Opera :) :^O :D
Steve_L (763)
275439 2004-09-25 05:20:00 *cough*http://www.getfirefox.com*cough* Megaman (344)
275440 2004-09-25 05:34:00 It's the best news MS Windows users have had in years.............. mark.p (383)
275441 2004-09-25 05:38:00 but wait .. there's more .. when I followed through on the link, at cnet, Google is up to some interesting things .. like a browser ..and a possible opreating system , the plot thickens !!!! fairway (5932)
275442 2004-09-25 05:40:00 Good news for firefox. the highlander (245)
275443 2004-09-25 05:40:00 thanks megaman just what I needed .. anything else there I might want ? fairway (5932)
275444 2004-09-25 05:52:00 Hi
While I'm really rapt with Firefox, I notice a lot of Mozilla sites keep pushing you to get Thunderbird as well . I'm happy enough with OE at the moment and if I changed it probably wouldn't be to Thunderbird . There's a lot of others around .

And I still use Internet Explorer for my updates . Also Adaware connects you to IE when it comes to linking up to latest news releases via the Adaware program .

Wonder what the internet scene will be like in a years time .

Marg .
pulling hair out (4493)
275445 2004-09-25 10:11:00 >>>"IE has been a part of the operating system since its release," said the Microsoft representative. "IE is a feature of Windows."

Where on earth do these MS folk learn to speak such crap?

When the web was in it's infancy and Mosaic ruled, followed by Netscape, Microsoft refused to believe there was any future in the internet, and there were third party TCP/IP stack suppliers like Trumpet, and it was quite a feat to get Win3.x set up for internet unless you bought a complete "in a box" package.

Then they suddenly woke up and had to supply retro fit IE with TCP and dialler packages to go with Window 3.x

To say IE was a part of the operating system since its release is sheer fantasy.
Terry Porritt (14)
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