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  • Groove
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2003
    • 3852
    #1

    Microsoft to abandon standalone IE browser!

    Web users now face a situation in which the dominant browser, which achieved that dominance in large part by being offered free of charge, will now only be available as part of an operating system that costs $199 for the "Home" edition and $299 for the "Professional" edition. Upgrades for Windows XP Home and Professional cost $99 and $199, respectively.
    See full story:

    http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-1012...g=fd_lede2_hed

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    • NetRodent
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2002
      • 3985
      #2
      Welcome back Opera and Mozilla.
      "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
      --H.L. Mencken

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        • Groove
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2003
          • 3852
          #3
          Originally posted by NetRodent
          Welcome back Opera and Mozilla.
          Good for these alternative browser companies, not so good for webmasters. Can you imagine how old the average browser will become if the punters have to upgrade their OS every time they want to upgrade their browser? Most will not migrate to Opera or Mozilla, they'll just keep using their ancient IE browser until they buy a new PC.

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            • slapass
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Nov 2002
              • 14625
              #4
              that is hardly news as how many people use a different OS?

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                • AdultNex
                  Confirmed User
                  • Feb 2003
                  • 8985
                  #5
                  You can always grab it off Kazaa.

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                    • 4Pics
                      Confirmed User
                      • Dec 2001
                      • 7952
                      #6
                      Originally posted by slapass
                      that is hardly news as how many people use a different OS?
                      This total screws small business's that run Win98 or Win2000. Due to all the security flaws that IE has you won't be able to goto windowsupdate and patch anymore if you aren't on the current OS.

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                        • NBDesign
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 5814
                          #7
                          Too lazy to read the article... does this mean that it will not be updated through the windows update anymore?

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                            • TheJimmy
                              ICQ- five seven 0 2 5 5 0
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 10747
                              #8
                              Originally posted by slapass
                              that is hardly news as how many people use a different OS?

                              not enough....

                              most people are cows and will willingly accept a monopoly no matter how you slice it...

                              as long as it tastes good...
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                                • bigdog
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jul 2001
                                  • 6964
                                  #9
                                  hehe
                                  http://www.apple.com/switch/

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                                    • smack
                                      Push Porn Like Weight.
                                      • Mar 2002
                                      • 10652
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by bigdog
                                      hehe
                                      http://www.apple.com/switch/
                                      think id' rather dig my eyeballs out a rusty spoon.
                                      Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

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                                        • NJ Dave
                                          Registered User
                                          • Apr 2003
                                          • 91
                                          #11
                                          This total screws small business's that run Win98 or Win2000. Due to all the security flaws that IE has you won't be able to goto windowsupdate and patch anymore if you aren't on the current OS. [/B]
                                          As much as I can't stand Microsoft.... There is such a thing as Service Packs. They would include necessary updates to IE (on products that haven't hit EOL anyway). Am I wrong?
                                          David O.
                                          Systems/Network Tech
                                          ICQ: 451311

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                                            • PostWhore
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2003
                                              • 4720
                                              #12
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                                                • pimplink
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jun 2001
                                                  • 9535
                                                  #13
                                                  should not be a surprise.... businesses are designed to pursue money.

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                                                    • Rich
                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                      • Jan 2003
                                                      • 11486
                                                      #14
                                                      But having pushed its Web browser software with the help of its OS monopoly, Microsoft now has the opportunity to reverse the process, using its dominance in browsers to prod other customers to upgrade to new versions of Windows.
                                                      The man knows what he's doing, no doubt in my mind this is what Gates was planning from the start. When it came out I wondered why he was giving out IE for free. Fucking little evil genious, I hate the man but I'd love to be him.

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                                                        • h0st
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Jul 2001
                                                          • 1216
                                                          #15
                                                          awesome job from microsoft
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                                                            • Freeway
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                              • 441
                                                              #16
                                                              As long as webmasters keep using standards to build websites it shouldn't really matter.
                                                              They are going to take away the media player as well..
                                                              I think thats why apple, and to some extent real, would like to see MPEG-4 take off and have it as good as mpeg-1 has had it all these years



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                                                                • Captain
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • Sep 2001
                                                                  • 395
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by bigdog
                                                                  hehe
                                                                  http://www.apple.com/switch/
                                                                  I love my apple

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                                                                    • Scootermuze
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                      • 4513
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Nobody says ya gotta use XP..

                                                                      I use winme... does everything I need it to do..

                                                                      I have Lindows on another drive.. that works fine too..

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                                                                        • Rochard
                                                                          Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                                          • Dec 2001
                                                                          • 75761
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Originally posted by Groove


                                                                          Good for these alternative browser companies, not so good for webmasters. Can you imagine how old the average browser will become if the punters have to upgrade their OS every time they want to upgrade their browser? Most will not migrate to Opera or Mozilla, they'll just keep using their ancient IE browser until they buy a new PC.
                                                                          That's the point...... IE has become the standard, and continues to set the standards in web page design. Now they'll start selling it, and the average user will have to continue to buy the most current version.

                                                                          This is why they gave it away for free - They killed Netscape. Now they'll own the market.
                                                                          Herschel Savage
                                                                          Brooklyn, NY

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                                                                            • trannydollars
                                                                              Registered User
                                                                              • Jun 2003
                                                                              • 11
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Scootermuze, what do you think of Lindows? I've heard nothing but bad reviews.
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                                                                                • Zprogramz
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Apr 2003
                                                                                  • 1360
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Apple's Safari browser is free an twice as fast as Internut Exploder anyway.

                                                                                  Fuck Microsoft

                                                                                  Z

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                                                                                    • defresto
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                                      • 317
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Shit...
                                                                                      It was soo good to forget about other browsers...
                                                                                      It means only one thing we'll see lotsa newbie-browsers in our stats soon...

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