Wednesday, December 17th 2008
WHOA!? WHATS THIS!? Internet Explorer 1-7 have a major problem that enables any hacker to put code on any webpage to get personal information!?
Microsoft's response was something a tad unexpected, they DON'T want people to switch and they DON'T recommend it. Though they're working on something to fix this, It doesn't seem as though they're in any condition to nor should be "begging" people to stay on with their browser as long as it has THIS major problem.
( hmm well that was fast, apparently they fixed the problem )
Firefox apparently is safe. Will this knock IE to second place?
Another booboo on Microsoft's part is letting information get out on the fact that they knew about the early xbox 360's cd scratching problem. BEFORE it was ever shipped.
Maybe they wont mess up the lawsuit?
Firefox, Internet Explorer, and ...wait what!?
Whoa!? What's this!? Multiple home pages? I didn't know you could do that with Firefox. ( Guess I should read things more carefully )WHOA!? WHATS THIS!? Internet Explorer 1-7 have a major problem that enables any hacker to put code on any webpage to get personal information!?
Microsoft's response was something a tad unexpected, they DON'T want people to switch and they DON'T recommend it. Though they're working on something to fix this, It doesn't seem as though they're in any condition to nor should be "begging" people to stay on with their browser as long as it has THIS major problem.
( hmm well that was fast, apparently they fixed the problem )
Firefox apparently is safe. Will this knock IE to second place?
Another booboo on Microsoft's part is letting information get out on the fact that they knew about the early xbox 360's cd scratching problem. BEFORE it was ever shipped.
Maybe they wont mess up the lawsuit?
- Posted: 12/17/2008 4:12 pm
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If you take the Wikipedia numbers as true, Microsoft has a very long way to fall before it hits second place. Such a large drop in market share would have to be spurned by a fallout in the popular demand in Windows itself. This won't be happening any time soon with Vista as it is already quite unpopular, so the only thing Microsoft really has to do is make sure that Windows 7 isn't a repeat of Vista. Even if that did happen, don't expect Joe Windows-Pack to jump on the Linux or Mac bandwagon.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Net_Applications
If it wasn't for the preinstall of IE on windows, IE would not be nearly as dominant as it is now. It's all the mothers of the world who don't have their son or daughter standing over their shoulder telling them to use firefox.
Chrome is... nice? I really have no problems with it, but I'll never switch only to Chrome. Unless it starts getting addons like what firefox has.
I love Microsoft's Operating systems, vista's a tad buggy though.
As for IE, I just can't reccomend it to any home user. It's great for businesses running Windows Server that develope their own web apps in house. Firefox doesn't support .asp too well at all, therefore leaving most businesses to stick with IE.
Chrome looks to do some interesting things, but right now you just can't match the sheer amount of support for Firefox. It's similar to Google's Android in that while it's good, it just doesn't have the community support it needs yet.
God I'm such a geek when it comes to computers. I love 'em!