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- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-07-01 21:13:52 UTC
- Modified: 2009-07-01 21:13:52 UTC
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IE 8 Get the facts campaign gets it wrong
If Microsoft wants me and others like me, to take IE 8 seriously, I expect them to treat our intelligence with some respect. Anything less, and after a while, we’ll have been taught to discount their bold claims.
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Excellent example for the threat to the openness of the internet
Were you ever worried that the internet could be controlled by single vendor technology? That there is certain information that you can only see and get when using one specific browser? That interoperability is at risk?
You are certainly not paranoid if you have such worries. Microsoft Australia now gives an example for what is possible and done by offering the chance to get $10,000 by finding information on some website - WHICH CAN ONLY BE VIEWED USING INTERNET EXPLORER 8 !!
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Browser Wars: Get the facts! Sort of...
But... consider the situation in Europe where Windows 7 will be supplied sans browser.
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