Microsoft Succumbs to IE Pressure
I may well be one of the few people outside Microsoft HQ who does not understand why the creators of the Windows Operation System have to apologise for including Internet Explorer with the operating system.
It makes absolutely no sense to me.
Bill Gates and company came up with the brilliant OS that years and years later no one seemed to have bettered. For their innovation, they’re being unfairly (in my opinion) punished for it.
The European Union sent Microsoft a letter of objection saying they unfairly bundled IE with Windows and now Microsoft seemed to have somewhat relented.
They are putting a function in the control panel in the next version of Windows where users can turn off IE8 and other bundled programmes.
Windows is found on 95% of the world’s computers.
You would think if people didn’t like it, someone would go out and invent something similar or better at a similar cost, instead of moaning and setting up committees to review Microsoft’s practices.
Microsoft is not exactly holding a gun to anyone’s head forcing them to buy a PC with Windows on it. There are alternatives like the Apple’s Mac.
And anyone who’s been surfing the internet knows that Google has Chrome and Mozilla has FireFox.
Google the largest search engine on the planet, who has the nerve to protest Internet Explorer’s dominance, did HUGE publicity for Chrome on their home page. Obviously the results were not to their liking.
Oh well, next year when Windows 7 hits our local computer stores we will see how many people will turn off IE8 and download Chrome.
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