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RE: Come again?
By porkpie on 3/15/2010 11:30:04 AM , Rating: 5
Do you really think 60% of the average people care what browser they use, period?

I don't have a clue what brand windshield wipers are on my car. Maybe there's a brand that lasts 30% longer and keeps the windows 5% more streak-free....but it certainly isn't worth my time to research it to find out.

RE: Come again?
By stirfry213 on 3/15/2010 11:58:54 AM , Rating: 3
ding ding ding!!! We have a winner!

I agree, they don't care what browser they use as long as it works.

RE: Come again?
By Chocobollz on 3/17/2010 6:50:29 AM , Rating: 2
They will, when they realize that NOTHING IS PERFECT (aka. browsers have bugs, weaknesses, incomplete features, etc.)

RE: Come again?
By Synastar on 3/17/2010 10:59:58 AM , Rating: 2
What makes you think they'll realize anything? Many of them don't care. It's not that they think anything is perfect.

RE: Come again?
By Kurz on 3/15/2010 1:53:13 PM , Rating: 4
Please give this man a 6

RE: Come again?
By invidious on 3/15/10, Rating: -1
RE: Come again?
By Kurz on 3/15/2010 2:12:03 PM , Rating: 2
The funny thing is the browser market was NEVER BETTER!

RE: Come again?
By porkpie on 3/15/2010 2:13:32 PM , Rating: 5
"we should just allow major manufacturers to use their preexisting advantage to drive all the competition out of business?"

A) The competition isn't being driven out. The number of browser alternatives is increasing , not decreasing.

B) Even were browser alternatives disappearing, that's not necessarily a bad thing. Keeping the market fragmented with multiple options that provide no real benefit over each other wastes developer resources, marketing dollars, and confuses the consumer.

In Microsoft's opinion (and mine) there is no such beast as a "browser market". A web browser is and should be a component of the operating system, just like a file browser or a format utility. Can you seriously imagine buying Windows without a browser installed? Having to go out and find a disc somewhere else to even start using the Internet? Would the "extra competition" of that scenario be worth the tremendous burden it would place on consumers?

The entire anti-trust movement began on the idea that a monopolist could exploit their position by overcharging consumers. Does anyone here really believe Microsoft is ever going to start charging for IE? What benefit are we really giving the consumer here...that they're guaranteed more options on tabbed browsing? Or a slightly better rendering speed? Is that REALLY worth getting the government involved to such a degree...especially when third-party browsers are ALREADY thriving?

RE: Come again?
By sigmatau on 3/16/2010 2:39:36 AM , Rating: 2
I couldn't have said it better. Why would any company want to make their webpages compatible with every single browser? That sounds like such a waste if I was in that business.

It is also a no brainer that the browser should be a part of the operating system. It should also be an option to be able to install your own, if you so choose. Microsoft did that already. It boggles the mind why the EU would want them to advertise for the other browsers, especialy since FF has been gaining, dramaticaly, in market share.

I spit on the EU for such a stupid decision.

RE: Come again?
By icanhascpu on 3/17/2010 1:04:21 AM , Rating: 2
This is pseudo-intellectualism at its finest. Look how many people you fooled.

Browsing online cannot be compared to windshield wipers in such a way. It looks like you have a common-sense point but its really a farce. The worth of ones time comes when those wipers malfunction. Some people, lazy ignorant careless people wont take 10 min from their lives to research something that may benefit them for months or years. That is worth it, windshield wipers or internet browsers.

If you want to make believe 60% of people (or whatever made up number) has never had an issue with IE (or a windshield dwiper), you're nuts.

Given the option, once a issue arises, people 'care' enough to click the thingy to make the other thingy work.

