__/ [ [H]omer ] on Tuesday 08 May 2007 14:58 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> IE7 uptake stalls
>>
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>> | Microsoft's new browser hits the wall at 31%; gets no help from Vista
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9018642
>
> And that 31% are probably just using IE because it's pre-installed:
>
> .----
> | And it talks about a focus group report, and it says that most of the
> | people in the focus group were Navigator users, and then it goes on
> | to say about those Navigator users:
> |
> | "They said they would not switch; would not want to download IE 4 to
> | replace their Navigator browser. However, once everything is in the
> | OS and right there integrated into the OS, 'in their face' so to
> | speak, then they said they would use it because there would be no
> | more need to use something separate."
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>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II1Z7B5KQkM
> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f2600/2613b_htm.htm
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02839.pdf
Microsoft: "Company [Novell] will adhere to the following user interface
guidelines: If the user interface is HTML based, Internet Explorer 4.0 must
be set as the default browser... If the application is written in Java, the
Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java will be the default VM, and AFC will be
used for UI elements."
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02400_A.pdf
Troy Chevalier (SMTP:troy:netscape.com): 'There's no sample code on the DDK,
there's nothing on the MSDN CDs, and you guys haven't answered a single
question we have asked.'
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http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/2000/PX02346.pdf
"3. INTERNET EXPLORER: Unless specifically requested to the contrary by the
end user of the Customer System and provided proper translation is
available, COMPANY will ship MS Internet Explorer 2.0, and the most current
subsequent higher version Product Releases and Version Releases thereof,
preinstalled on all new Customer Systems..."
Slat3d!!1
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