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Give Mac Explorer to the People?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the zen-and-the-art-of-public-image dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an article on the BBC News site, Bill Thompson suggests that Microsoft release the source for IE:Mac to the world so that others can continue to develop the product. While this may be a pleasant fiction, Microsoft does seem to be making an effort to change their image. Could we see more OSS interaction from the software giant in the near future?"

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  1. Mixed feelings by Wansu · · Score: 0, Redundant



    If they aren't going to do any more development on it, others might be inclined to do so if it were released.

    There are plenty of good browsers available for the Mac anyway, such as Safari, Mozilla/Firefox, Opera, Omniweb and iCab, so it's no great loss if Microsoft doesn't release the code.

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    Wansu, th' chinese sailor
  2. Re:You don't wanna do that! by DenDave · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That is an interesting point, however tehy may have more concerns with regards to propietary bits in the code, they do like patents and the such like..

    Furthermore, why would anyone be interested in IE, MS has acquired Opera so that is the reference platform for the (MS) future. All the rest need simply go firefox.

    And despite it's being a nifty little browser I wish safari would go away.

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    -if at first you don't succeed, stay the heck away from paragliding.
  3. Re:You don't wanna do that! by utnow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ?? MS has not aquired opera

  4. No thanks by thecpuguru · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Microsoft can keep Internet Explorer, let it die. Its bloated, its slow, its so full of holes and exploits that no one should be running it in the first place. There is Firefox and Safari for Mac OS X, and Mac OS 9 users can always go back to Netscape or Mozilla (early release). I don't know what all the fuss is about, it (IE) was a badly written; late to market; bloatware browser in the first place.