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Something To It
I have to agree George, Microsoft get rough treatment.

There are two reasons why most people will think this is justified however:
- Having been found guilty of Anti-Trust violations, and while continuing to insist that their Browser is part of the overall MS Platform, Microsoft is not helping its own PR effort to get the user-base over the past.

- Microsoft's product is supposedly way-more mature than Firefox. If you were to argue that Firefox has had the benefit of continuous development and maintenance support over the last two years, while Microsoft have had their developers doing other things - I would agree that levels the playing field somewhat, but not the whole hog. This is why ZDNet's own Steve Gillmor (among many industry pundits) views Firefox as being the 'development team for IE'. If Microsoft is playing catch-up, yet also have a less then stellar product, then they deserve some negative press

Personally, I cannot think of any other major reasons for this difference.

I look at these two things and I see the solution being entirely in Microsoft's own hands. It is their reputation, it is their development effort, that can fix this problem.
Posted by: Stephen Wheeler   Posted on: 04/14/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Something To It  Stephen Wheeler | 04/14/06
But does that really justify it?  george_ou | 04/14/06
Right?  jasonp@... | 04/14/06
History will repeat itself...  Anti_Zealot | 04/14/06
Cover ups!  xstep | 04/14/06
Media Bias Accurate?  nucrash | 04/15/06
Opinion  Stephen Wheeler | 04/19/06
Good point - IE is part of the OS  WiredGuy | 04/14/06
Good point  rapson | 04/14/06
The problem is  tombalablomba | 04/14/06
Of course there's bias.  Anton Philidor | 04/14/06
What I get for posting at 3:00 AM  george_ou | 04/14/06
Strange, it's been fixed but still shows up in talkback  george_ou | 04/14/06
Their you go again!  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
Full disclosure time  toadlife | 04/17/06
bias has been obvious for years  diane wilson | 04/14/06
Conspiracy theory  Anti_Zealot | 04/14/06
Wrong Orwell Story  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/06
FireFox is ungood.  Anton Philidor | 04/17/06
Click-driven bias  whisperycat | 04/14/06
Oh the Irony  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
Two things....  LazLong | 04/14/06
Flashblock  D. T. Schmitz | 04/15/06
RE Flashblock.....  LazLong | 04/15/06
Less is Better  D. T. Schmitz | 04/15/06
copy edit  frankdoss | 04/14/06
Yup, sorry about that  george_ou | 04/14/06
Media reports what people want to hear  Prognosticator | 04/14/06
AGREE! Well, to some extent, at least...  shrikant.j | 04/14/06
Read your post  tombalablomba | 04/14/06
Broken Code  Kimbok@... | 04/14/06
let me explain  tombalablomba | 04/14/06
Bias  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
A question  rapson | 04/14/06
ActiveX NOT  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
Never said it did  rapson | 04/14/06
ActiveX...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 04/14/06
Oropedal insertions  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/06
Right you are  anythingbutmine0 | 04/15/06
He (John) knoweth not of what he speaketh  D. T. Schmitz | 04/16/06
answering your question as best i can carl  Monkey_MCSE | 04/14/06
Extension security  Yagotta B. Kidding | 04/15/06
ActiveX[2]  D. T. Schmitz | 04/15/06
Of course there is  rapson | 04/14/06
Techno Frugen Grooven Jargon  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
Yes, it is  rapson | 04/14/06
No I don't think I did  D. T. Schmitz | 04/14/06
Earned bias  tic swayback | 04/14/06
This is journalism? Shame on you  dl@... | 04/14/06
This is journalistic analysis?  larryl1234 | 04/14/06
maybe because....  doh123 | 04/14/06
Given that your Editor loves OOS, no surprise  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/14/06
Interesting  Anti_Zealot | 04/14/06
ZDNet ownership  tic swayback | 04/14/06
ZDNet is owned by CNET Networks  george_ou | 04/14/06
Ownership....  tic swayback | 04/14/06
Let's get something straight, no body pulls strings here  george_ou | 04/14/06
Didn't mean to insinuate anything about your integrity  tic swayback | 04/14/06
I'm the minority here  georgeou | 04/15/06
That's not how you're perceived  tic swayback | 04/16/06
That's your PoV, and it's not surprising  georgeou | 04/16/06
Having a viewpoint is not a bad thing  tic swayback | 04/16/06
Nice try on Murph and Richard  georgeou | 04/16/06
Voice of Neutrality? You're kidding right George? (NT)  ju1ce | 04/17/06
Sorry George, not buying it  tic swayback | 04/17/06
But George does have an agenda.  Rick_K | 04/17/06
George - chill out  nizuse | 04/17/06
I for one  Len Rooney | 04/17/06
This wouldn't surprise me the least . . .  999ad@... | 04/17/06
Oh come off it.....  Cosmix | 04/14/06
You've identified a tipping point  NonCartoonist | 04/14/06
It depends  Shelendrea | 04/14/06
Have you read the stupid headlines when Apple does something like patching?  MacGeek2121 | 04/14/06
Pro-active vs. Reactive  999ad@... | 04/17/06
Ou-Weee!  Reverend MacFellow | 04/18/06
George, Please Correct Your Error  crescentdave | 04/14/06
Ten for IE includes multiple products  george_ou | 04/14/06
Dave is correct... Your Bias is showing... Yet Again or As Always..  LazLong | 04/14/06
Actually  tombalablomba | 04/14/06
Problem is he won't...  ju1ce | 04/17/06
And...  nomorems | 04/18/06
Bias Justfied  bigpicture | 04/14/06
E-mail on the $100 bargain OPEN S test CPU, or the $4000 M$ test machine?  zdnet reader | 04/14/06
$100 test machine for OSS and MS  george_ou | 04/14/06
Chill... you're overstating your case again  palmwarrior | 04/14/06
Say anything you want so long as it's true  george_ou | 04/14/06
And out of Context  nucrash | 04/15/06
Right so why not make your article more sensational?  ju1ce | 04/17/06
george_ou is a crazy assh beatch that thinks he can be a mil;lionR on MS  nomorems | 04/18/06
Aah... Yes.. That critical 200 meg file...  ju1ce | 04/17/06
Yes, that 200meg file  nizuse | 04/17/06
That bath tub is going to be overflowing.  zdnet reader | 04/17/06
CNET  larryl1234 | 04/14/06
Reads just like the words of an MS supporter, not those of one who supports  nomorems | 04/18/06
Bias for Firefox over IIE  lsatenstein@... | 04/14/06
George, You're Still MISTAKEN.  crescentdave | 04/15/06
10 exploits is twice as many as 22?  nucrash | 04/15/06
And (as No_Ax would write)  nomorems | 04/18/06
Is *THERE* media bias for Firefox over IE?  Robert Crocker | 04/15/06
Not bias, acknowledgement  RStiennon | 04/16/06
Living in the future  D. T. Schmitz | 04/16/06
Are Geoge Ou's stories biased against OSS?  Chad_z | 04/17/06
What I would love to see is true neutrality...  ju1ce | 04/17/06
Yeah, beautiful MS only sharepoint. Ever ...  nomorems | 04/18/06
In security it's......Not so much as what "could" happen  Laff | 04/17/06
"Nothing and no one is perfect "  nomorems | 04/18/06
Lumbering down the road in my 50 Million lines of code Winebago  WinnebagoBoy | 04/17/06
Put in simpliest terms  maldain | 04/17/06
Headline writers aren't journalists  maldain | 04/17/06
Sure the press is bias. It's called sensationalism!  MacGeek2121 | 04/17/06
Used IE recently? Did you enjoy it?  dtfinch | 04/18/06
semantics  fallentech | 04/20/06
Funny how there isn't the same rabid ranting...  Scrat | 04/18/06
Simple answer  Rick_K | 04/18/06
Crap, crap and more crap....  Scrat | 04/18/06
But you fotget  Rick_K | 04/19/06
Defenitely Biased attitudes  Aaron A Baker | 04/19/06
Remove IE  LordUthyr | 04/20/06

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