[Anti-Bubba182]

"..So it's time to really think about what Bill has wanted: to create a captive market where users are constantly required to update their OS every three years, just to be allowed to get decent updates for the tools they need every day, like a browser..."

Ya think?

[Izzy Dunne]

Do you still trust Bill Gates?

Still?

Whaddya mean "still"?

Never did.

Apparently MS can now deliver a browser that's separate from the OS, whereas just a couple of years ago, the browser couldn't be separated from the OS (at least that's what BG told DOJ).

[TomGuy]

I learned 15 years ago to not install the latest patch or upgrade until it had been 'out' 6 months. That would give the developer time to fix the bugs the patch/upgrade created.

lol.

IE7 would be no different. No one outside MS seem to know how it will be better or improved or what new features it might contain. So, when it is released, any users should be skeptical in rushing to install it.

I remember with the release of Win 98, one of MS's vp's was giving a demo on a TV media blitz. He said Win 98 was the most tested software in history and it was basically infallible. Then, the demo crashed. lol. The red-faced vp made some excuse about equipment failure.

[Born to Conserve]

Browsers are soon a thing of history. All applications will one day see the internet as if it is one big hard drive. The browser will not only get integrated into the operating system, it will completely disappear.

WinFX is coming. Get used to it. Developers are using it, and so shall you.

I will be as unavoidable as city water. You can try to use bottled linux water, but you won't always have a choice.

[thejokker]

as a computer technican i work with browser related problems everyday. microsoft is on top because they produce a superior product. it is "market forces at work". persons having problems with internet explorer do so because of a lack of knowledge. it is equal to blaming your car because you drive into a telephone pole. i tried firefox and was not impressed.

[edchambers]

a captive market where users are constantly required to update their OS every three years

I think not,I still have three computers happily chugging along with 98se, and no need to "update" them.On the other hand I'm sure Mr. Gates would like us all to think we need to update our OS's.In reality this usually creates more problems than it solves as new OS's are designed to use more system resources they will work like crap on your older computer without serious upgrades.

[MAWG]

I dont trust anybody who lives in Seattle.

[Brilliant]

I trust him about as much as I trust any businessman. Probably more than I trust the majority of Congressman.

[ShadowAce]

[Studebaker Hawk]

Never had; Never will.

[knews_hound]

BTTT

[Sam Cree]

Gates' praise for communism has me kind of freaked, so I'm thinking of getting a MAC as next computer - they are only liberals or socialists or something. OTOH, I'll want to run MS Office on it, which is still Gates.

For the time being, though, my computer with windows 98 is doing just fine.