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After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining

Posted by kdawson on from the denting-the-monopoly dept.

Kelson writes "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's market share has continued to grow. InformationWeek reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

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  1. Its not a monopoly by CrankyOldFart · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    from the denting-the-monopoly dept.


    -rant on-

    If its free its not a "monopoly".

    If its free, there is no "market".

    Why doesn't anybody complain about Safari, or Voyager or Konqueror being bundled with thier respective OS distributions? (Yes, I know Konqueror belongs to KDE, but think Knoppix and the like)

    IE is not integral to Windows. Some of its dlls perhaps but not IE itself. IF you cannot figure out how to remove all the stupid web page integration in Explorer and the desktop then you have not tried very hard.

    Why does no one complain that Windows (and other OS's) bundle notepad, calculator, hyperterminal, wordpad...

    Do people really want an OS that includes nothing but a functional command line? (In some cases yes, but a boot floppy for any OS will give you this - except Macs, they never could figure out how floppies work)

    This shit really grows tiresome. Who fucking cares? Get a life people. Just use a the browser you like and get on with it.

    I'm not defending IE here (it needs none), I'm just questioning the illogical, asinine, knee-jerk MS hater reaction.

    Should MacOS not include Safari? Should QNX not include Voyager? Why no irrational outrage over those? Huh?

    The whole anti-trust thing is just completely retarded, it just goes to show how the law will never comprehend technology, yet will always pretend they do to give themselves the illusion of control.

    A web browser is just that, not an instrument of global domination as some would think. For fucks sake, get a grip people.

    I will not say what browser I use, it does not matter, it works (basically) and I'm happy with it for now.

    Now Javascript is another matter, it is the work of the devil and a genuine threat to quality software experiences.

    -rant to be continued at an unspecified time-