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Old 10-16-2003, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by OSFan
My point was that Internet Explorer has only come above the competition because of the way its forced upon Microsoft Windows Users.
I don't use IE because it's "forced" on me... I use it because I prefer it. Using Windows doesn't prevent me from using another browser - in fact, I do use others, but only to check compatibility.

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Microsoft didn't add any great new technologies, they corrupted what was there, Java, Java Script, HTML, and distributed it starting with Windows 98 as default, integrated into the OS. When I ran Windows 95, I ran netscape. In Windows98, it didn't seem feasible to the people who owned the PC to download another browser, when IE was so integrated and big.
Debatable... I was originally a Netscape user... I didn't stop using Netscape because IE was forced on me... I stopped using it because somewhere around v4.x it became a piece of garbage...

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there would be no compatibility issue for your standard internet browsing.
I don't know about that... we'd have to rid the world of AOL for a start...
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