Since when did Microsoft start charging you (by this of course I mean ppl that use bought and paid for Windows) for fixing bugs in their software? And they aren't exactly slow either, just admins take their time to install them.
And as for one of the earlier comments, I agree, it's just part of TCO, the patches are free, installing them takes time (and therefore money), as with any OS...
I'd like to hear how IE is "outdated". As opposed to the all singing and dancing modern competition out there.
And as for why huge numbers of users use IE. Coz no matter what site you go to it just works... always.
I'm posting this from my Opera browser, but even if I could uninstall IE, I wouldn't. There's just some sites that you have to have it.
Call them "non-standard" if you like, but lets face it, what is a standard? Something that is written down and agreed on by a bunch of people? Ideally - yes, but realistically it's just the thing that most people do.
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Since when did Microsoft start charging you (by this of course I mean ppl that use bought and paid for Windows) for fixing bugs in their software? And they aren't exactly slow either, just admins take their time to install them.
And as for one of the earlier comments, I agree, it's just part of TCO, the patches are free, installing them takes time (and therefore money), as with any OS...
I'd like to hear how IE is "outdated". As opposed to the all singing and dancing modern competition out there. And as for why huge numbers of users use IE. Coz no matter what site you go to it just works... always. I'm posting this from my Opera browser, but even if I could uninstall IE, I wouldn't. There's just some sites that you have to have it. Call them "non-standard" if you like, but lets face it, what is a standard? Something that is written down and agreed on by a bunch of people? Ideally - yes, but realistically it's just the thing that most people do.