I would like that too, but I doubt it would ever happen on the larger scale. A lot of manufacturers have close ties with Microsoft, so bundling the nearest rival isn't really going to happen. Letting users get rid of IE fully would be much better, instead of embededing it so deep in the system any problems with IE can potentially spread to your entire system.
It's happened with WMP (Rather badly from what I hear), why not IE? It would allow independant retailers to bundle alternatives such as FireFox with a Windows system, which is no bad thing.
What with Firefox slowly munching it's way into the browser market, it makes you think what do Microsoft have to add to IE to get these users back? Or are they all gone for sure?
I would hope the rise of the "alternate" browser again means that MS finally realises that plugging the holes really does help them (Yes, I do know that other browsers have never gone away, and there has always been a minority, once a majority of users making use of them).
I gues I'm too naive for my own good. I do feel that companies should have a responsibility to be honest in their work practices, but to be frank, I highly doubt they care what I myself feel.
Why thankyou. I'll just make myself known on this: It is another example of certain people believing they can go that little bit further. While they aren't violating anyone's rights, it seems to be a major overreaction to some event we are missing out on, as I cannot see any viable trigger for a move like this.
I guess I should have said that to begin with... Heh.
If you don't sign up, you can do whatever the hell you want. I'm not planning on using the site anytime soon, being the fact that I don't use the services they provide, nor that of any other air travel services.
Too often do I trust the wrong sites, with owneres that I personally know myself, to then be bogged down with spyware alerts on my computer. I'm amazed at what Verisign has done in the first place, it makes them seem more concerned about earning money than security over malicious applications and code.
The very cheek of it all, is that the main marketing technique on their website is to talk about security. I think if they were going to clean up their act, they would have done it a long time ago. No hope for some people.
The market for security is much bigger anyway. There are dozens of network retailers, yet there are also dozens of security measures out there as well. From my experiance with Linksys equiptment (Part of Cisco, for those not in the know), security is a major strongpoint in their network hardware.
Anyway, as I'm trying to make out, the more competition in the security market, the more security has to evolve. This can only be a good thing, I feel.
It is on the increase in the UK as it is. Identity theft is one of the major problems the authorities here have to deal with, and there's even a new advertisment series out to promote awareness, with the celebrity "glamour" touch.
The very fact that details of such importance can be stolen is the very thing that baffles me about this though. Surely greater security should be taken? Or has someone managed to place revenue under consumer, staff and company safety?
Another day, another... blunder.
As technology moves on, there's not a lot else to be expected really. The cheap and widespread availability of wireless communication means that more students will be inevitably taking the easier option; who wants to be tied down while making a phone call?
To be frank, a change like this doesn't count as news, it's enevitable with evolving technology that things will change. This is just one of the many steps that are happening towards the much larger changes that are bound to come.
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They did? Wow... Why would anyone trust IE if they don't even trust IE themselves.
I would like that too, but I doubt it would ever happen on the larger scale. A lot of manufacturers have close ties with Microsoft, so bundling the nearest rival isn't really going to happen. Letting users get rid of IE fully would be much better, instead of embededing it so deep in the system any problems with IE can potentially spread to your entire system.
It's happened with WMP (Rather badly from what I hear), why not IE? It would allow independant retailers to bundle alternatives such as FireFox with a Windows system, which is no bad thing.
What with Firefox slowly munching it's way into the browser market, it makes you think what do Microsoft have to add to IE to get these users back? Or are they all gone for sure?
I would hope the rise of the "alternate" browser again means that MS finally realises that plugging the holes really does help them (Yes, I do know that other browsers have never gone away, and there has always been a minority, once a majority of users making use of them).
I gues I'm too naive for my own good. I do feel that companies should have a responsibility to be honest in their work practices, but to be frank, I highly doubt they care what I myself feel.
Why thankyou. I'll just make myself known on this: It is another example of certain people believing they can go that little bit further. While they aren't violating anyone's rights, it seems to be a major overreaction to some event we are missing out on, as I cannot see any viable trigger for a move like this.
I guess I should have said that to begin with... Heh.
If you don't sign up, you can do whatever the hell you want. I'm not planning on using the site anytime soon, being the fact that I don't use the services they provide, nor that of any other air travel services.
Being a minor does have it's advantages.
Too often do I trust the wrong sites, with owneres that I personally know myself, to then be bogged down with spyware alerts on my computer. I'm amazed at what Verisign has done in the first place, it makes them seem more concerned about earning money than security over malicious applications and code.
The very cheek of it all, is that the main marketing technique on their website is to talk about security. I think if they were going to clean up their act, they would have done it a long time ago. No hope for some people.
Sometimes, protection against the owner is necessary.
The market for security is much bigger anyway. There are dozens of network retailers, yet there are also dozens of security measures out there as well. From my experiance with Linksys equiptment (Part of Cisco, for those not in the know), security is a major strongpoint in their network hardware.
Anyway, as I'm trying to make out, the more competition in the security market, the more security has to evolve. This can only be a good thing, I feel.
It is on the increase in the UK as it is. Identity theft is one of the major problems the authorities here have to deal with, and there's even a new advertisment series out to promote awareness, with the celebrity "glamour" touch. The very fact that details of such importance can be stolen is the very thing that baffles me about this though. Surely greater security should be taken? Or has someone managed to place revenue under consumer, staff and company safety? Another day, another... blunder.
As technology moves on, there's not a lot else to be expected really. The cheap and widespread availability of wireless communication means that more students will be inevitably taking the easier option; who wants to be tied down while making a phone call?
To be frank, a change like this doesn't count as news, it's enevitable with evolving technology that things will change. This is just one of the many steps that are happening towards the much larger changes that are bound to come.