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"For example, if you go to MSNBC or MSN with an Apple computer, or a PC using Firefox, and try to play a video, you get a message that you must install IE7 and Windows Media Player 10."

I play videos on Msnbc all the time, and I use Windows 2000 and WMP 9, on my desktop computer, and I still don't have IE7 on that computer.
I have had no problems whatsoever.

And doesn't Firefox have everything defaulting to Google?
Why are you not complaining about that one?

And doesn't Firefox have everything defaulting to Google? Why are you not complaining about that one?

Uh, you lost me at the bakery. The Firefox search bar has Alta Vista, Yahoo, Google, Answers.com and a couple of other search engines installed, and you can easily add any search engine you want. While they may have a deal with Google, they don't attempt to block you from using other services.

As to your comment that you're getting MSNBC to play with Win2K and an earlier version of IE and Windows Media player 9, they're still all MS proprietary products. The fact that the site tells you to get newer versions than are actually necessary doesn't invalidate my point.