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from: Rich
date: 2003-02-05 17:11:32
subject: Re: Why IE became popular

From: "Rich" 

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   Is reality too difficult for you, Mike, to accept that you must lie =
to feel good about yourself?

   Microsoft has stated on several occasions that Internet Explorer =
usage did not take off until IE improved.  There are plenty of reviews =
that show that this started with IE 3.0 and stengthened with IE 4.0.  =
This coincides with when IE usage started to take off.  It does not =
coincided with IE 1.0 and Windows 95 where IE was introduced as an =
operating system component.

Rich

  "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message =
news:ola34v8dkjgfhh4duv4kpm4vbce2eb2sgv{at}4ax.com...
  On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:16:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton" =

  wrote:

  Microsoft admitted that IE could not stand on its own merit, that it =
had to
  be bundled with Windows to become an ongoing product.

   /m

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   Is
reality too difficult =
for you,=20
Mike, to accept that you must lie to feel good about =
yourself?
 
   Microsoft
has stated on =
several=20
occasions that Internet Explorer usage did not take off until IE =
improved. =20
There are plenty of reviews that show that this started with IE 3.0 and=20
stengthened with IE 4.0.  This coincides with when IE usage
started = to take=20
off.  It does not coincided with IE 1.0 and Windows 95 where IE was =

introduced as an operating system component.
 
Rich
 

  "Mike '/m'" <mike{at}barkto.com>=20">mailto:mike{at}barkto.com">mike{at}barkto.com>=20
  wrote in message news:ola34v8dkjg=
fhh4duv4kpm4vbce2eb2sgv{at}4ax.com...On=20
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:16:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>=">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>=
wrote:Microsoft=20
  admitted that IE could not stand on its own merit, that it had =
tobe=20
  bundled with Windows to become an ongoing=20
product. /m

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