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The Browser Wars Are Back?
jpkunst writes "ZDNet UK reports and PCWorld.com report that, according to Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, whose comments came during a discussion with Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Dan Rosensweig at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, 'the browser wars are back', thanks to the emerging popularity of products such as Apple's Safari and the open-source Firefox. Andreessen warned that 'competition could compel the company [Microsoft] to use aggressive tactics to protect its Windows operating system monopoly'."
What's this "browser" thing you're speaking of, and where do I get one?
Microsoft attempts to destroy all browsers in new version of Windows by causing them to make farting sounds every time you visit a web site.
Yeah, Microsoft might take some REALLY extreme tactic to protect their monopoly -- like giving their browser away for free, bundled with the operating system! Oh, wait....
Well it's about time- we were damn close to having actual web standards. Glad we dodged that bullet.
...I dub these new browser wars "Mozilla Vs. Explora".
You mean, like actually putting some developers on IE and shining it up a bit? At least give it a bit of XP flavor or something, call it IE 2005 or something.
-Randy
If the screen is blue with white text, you're in Windows.
Holy cow! Microsoft is going to start using agressive tactics? How will we ever survive?
I'll go warn the villagers.
I have a purpose for just about every browser out there:
;)
Firefox - Everyday browsing (Duh!)
IE - College webmail reading (ActiveX)
Netscape - When I feel like being punished
Opera - Searching for pr0n! (Those one-handed guestures.
Just seems to me you can appreciate them all!
Make Love not [Browser] War.
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Make Love not [Browser] War!
Who do you think would win in a fight between THIS guy, and THIS guy. It's no contest.
Yes, they are, because merely by posting this story, we've got a war raging in the comments right here on /.
"You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older."
We're talking about people who for the most part don't have the competence to download security fixes, let alone downloading a new browser.
Shouldn't the automated security patch downloader on Windows install Firefox for you?
Slashdot Syndrome: the sudden, extreme urge to correct someone in order to validate one's self.
Andreessen warned that 'competition could compel the company [Microsoft] to use aggressive tactics to protect its Windows operating system monopoly'.
Top story for Saturday, October 11, 2008:
Microsoft strikes back as browser war rages on
"Thousands more found dead today as orbital lasers owned by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) were deployed to eliminate useres of competing browser products. Using code that interfaces with the GPS component of the DRM system now part of every home PC and relaying this information to Microsoft, the beams were very precisely targeted, according to a Microsoft press release. Though many are outraged, the acts are uncontestable in court as each of the victims were also users of Microsoft Windows and had agreed to the "No Open Source" clause in the EULA."
I think I spent too much time playing Cyberpunk 2020 as a kid...
Oh, was that my outside voice?
So where are the WMBD (weapons of mass browser destruction)?
Why are we going to war? Is this approved by the UN? (Is France in on this)? Is this Bush's Idea?
Now watch this C: drive.
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
Yeah, just look at Netscape. MS chased their taillights too.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
Sir, you deserve dome sort of award for not mentioning the hated blink-tag.
(Apologies if it's bringing back horrible memories)
This is where the serious fun begins.
Yeah, so when is lynx going support mouse gestures anway?
I'm sorry, but you've taken the "change letters in a word to express your disgust" principle to ridiculous extremes. M$ is acceptable here at Slashdot. "LongTHORN" is just silly. I vote to suspend your account. Any other takers?
Would that have anything to do with the lack of a right mouse button?
*ducks*
Not everything is analogous to cars. Car analogies rarely work.
The true story of why the <IMG> tag is the abomination that destroyed not only the Internet, but HTML and page layout.
Yeah, I sure do miss the Internet.
Oh damn...and I just encountered the marquee tag just the other day...the horror...both mentioned in less than a 24 hour period...
YOU'VE RUINED ALL MY YEARS OF THERAPY!
There are 4 boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order. Starting now.
So where are the WMBD (weapons of mass browser destruction)?
Microsoft Internet Exploder
I put a 'Best viewed using a computer!' notice up on a site I built.
THOSE OF US WHO GET INTERNET ACCESS VIA TELEGRAPH FIND THIS DISCRIMINATORY STOP WE DONT ALL HAVE COMPUTERS STOP SO PLEASE STOP
Along with a 'Web server powered by electricity'...
SOME PEOPLE I KNOW STILL USE SMOKE SIGNALS STOP
Netscape: No. I am your father
Mozilla: No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
Netscape: Search your source code. You know it to be true.
Netscape: You can destroy the Internet Explorer. He has foreseen this. It is
your destiny. Join me, and we can rule the internet as father and son. Come with me. It's the only way.
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