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You don't use any system menus? Or the toolbars? Or FTP? If not, then I do agree that you are not using IE. Also, it is my fault for making assumptions that you are using icons/previews. Although, I do believe that the whole left side that shows desktop/my computer/my network places is technically a part of IE. But I am not 100% on that.

And I hope you are not saying I am a Zealot. I could care less what people use. I was just looking at that program to see if I would like it and came across that FAQ. I will admit that I don't like Microsoft's business practices and I think their software is average at best. And yes, I do like Linux (and the MAC). But I am not going to try and tell people what they have to use. I just don't care happy

As for using different applications, the main difference I see is that with Linux I can remove the whole application. Removing Firefox does not leave its html rendering engine on the system. Removing a media player does not leave its libraries on the system. Yes, I can remove IE's executable, but that still leaves its HTML rendering, among other things, on the system. Same with media player. However, as John Carroll will say, that is just part of the Microsoft "ecosystem." And some people like that.
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the start of MS subscription based apps  cuboctahedron2004 | 02/06/06
FUD!!  NonZealot | 02/06/06
Well said.  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
Not completely  Fred Fredrickson | 02/06/06
I think you are FUDding yourself.  osreinstall | 02/06/06
Not entirely FUD.  olePigeon | 02/07/06
Entirely FUD  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Um..  Patrick Jones | 02/07/06
English is your second language?  NonZealot | 02/07/06
So,  Patrick Jones | 02/08/06
Well, there is this....  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Speculation  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Something to keep an eye on  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Then Apple is even less competitive right now  NonZealot | 02/07/06
I dare suggest no such thing  tic swayback | 02/07/06
HUGE difference!!  NonZealot | 02/07/06
Still doesn't make it okay  tic swayback | 02/07/06
Now you are getting desperate  NonZealot | 02/07/06
boing boing = Goners!  osreinstall | 02/07/06
When did violating the law become a concern?  tic swayback | 02/07/06
I always thought it was.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
"Business as usual" doesn't mean it's right  tic swayback | 02/07/06
No it doesn't, so don't focus too hard on MS.  osreinstall | 02/07/06
kinda off topic but.....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Panda?  A_Pickle | 02/06/06
naw....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Abusing their users  georgep_z | 02/06/06
Why don't you pose it to an Attorney General  Boot_Agnostic | 02/08/06
Who will you trust?  kda@... | 02/06/06
be honest....  JoeMama_z | 02/06/06
Love em', but...  314 | 02/07/06
not even close....  JoeMama_z | 02/07/06

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