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The browser is THE app for the internet, and it most probably will always be so. EVERYTHING in the future will somewhow run over the internet. The chance for profit and exposure at not the expense of opening up real offices around the world, will continue to drive the internet as the future medium of commerce. I can't think of the last time I started my machine to do something that didn't involve the internet. If M$ loses this seat, they will lose a ton. That was the whole point of bolting IE to Windows: Netscape offered the first cross platform, internet based, browser medium and sought to turn all PCs connecting to the internet into a kind of thin client. All apps would eventually run over the internet. This would have eventually meant the end of Windows if this became a reality, so now IE sits "snugly" in the kernel, or should I say, the Microsoft Windows Office Server System Family Planning for the Future Wonder Server 2003.
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One annoying thing ...  worknman | 09/14/04
yep...  ryusen | 09/14/04
Keep in mind  skeptic tank | 09/15/04
even this...  ryusen | 09/15/04
One? Blah...  DarbyOhara | 09/15/04
Open  skeptic tank | 09/15/04
Who the heck are you?  Roger Ramjet | 09/15/04
Did a Microsoft rep write this story?  el1jones | 09/14/04
Don't you want to know if Firefox will be used?  Anton Philidor | 09/15/04
Are you serious?  tic swayback | 09/15/04
THE browser of the 21st century!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/14/04
Spicoli  bramson | 09/14/04
All I need are some tasty waves and cool buds..  Jeff Spicoli | 09/14/04
Buds? Talk about bland, common denominator taste.  Anton Philidor | 09/15/04
Umm, not those kinds of buds Anton  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
Who writes this Stuff  chameleon@... | 09/14/04
Re: Who writes this stuff  alterego_z | 09/14/04
Most spin I've seen in a ZDNet article in a long time.  John L. Ries | 09/14/04
no kidding - my IE browser on win2k  V Sanders | 09/14/04
Odd  voska | 09/14/04
the problem with that is  balsover | 09/14/04
Madness of the ages  enternamehere-20061413043042855708329691381958 | 09/14/04
Browser stats - IE 95% ?  Fred Fredrickson | 09/14/04
90% of the people use the browser more then any other app  V Sanders | 09/14/04
Too True  Jeff Spicoli | 09/14/04
right  DarthRidiculous | 09/14/04
IE Dominance  georgep_z | 09/15/04
Great news for all non-IE or non-windows users  Richard Flude | 09/14/04
because deeloping for firefox is  V Sanders | 09/14/04
FIREFOX IS THE BROWSER OF THE 24TH AND A HALF CENTURY!!!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/14/04
Long wait, but you may be right.  Anton Philidor | 09/15/04
ok Duck Dodgers...  ryusen | 09/15/04
really?  balsover | 09/14/04
Examples?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/15/04
And so the beast fell.  Zoraster | 09/14/04
The Book of Mozilla  Jeff Spicoli | 09/14/04
95% is crap  tero_t_vaananen@... | 09/14/04
Mozilla burns to prove Firefox worthy  Loverock Davidson | 09/14/04
nope  balsover | 09/14/04
I've never had problems with tables  CobraA1 | 09/15/04
Never had problems either.  doe_z | 09/15/04
me either  V Sanders | 09/15/04
me either  Loverock Davidson | 09/15/04
Probably a non-W3C-compliant site.  Joel R | 09/16/04
No trouble with tables in Firefox, but chairs..  KRP_z | 10/15/04
To answer your second question  Michael Kelly | 09/15/04
To answer your second question  Loverock Davidson | 09/15/04
Geez, must they be pessimistic?  CobraA1 | 09/15/04
Why?  Anton Philidor | 09/15/04
really?  CobraA1 | 09/15/04
No marketing here either  amicus_curious | 09/15/04
Troll - think tabbed browsing - think  KRP_z | 10/15/04
And yet ZDNet's new pages...  ZepeDebo | 09/15/04
they render fine  V Sanders | 09/15/04
Yeah  ZepeDebo | 09/15/04
i checked them in firefox and mozilla, on linux, Windows, and OSX  doh123 | 09/15/04
The browser is dying.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
Dont mess with the OS  Roger Ramjet | 09/15/04
Yeah, no networking, no disk access, etc..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
so next.. MS Office  doh123 | 09/15/04
When can we get the kitchen sink co-mingled?  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
Who cares?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
Because "we all" want more features!!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
What "crime" are they getting away with?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
Silly atatement...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
He's just pointing out the folly of your vision  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
Like I said, Choice is wonderful.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
95% of *HOME* users  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
Get your facts straight: IE IS a part of the OS!!  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
Jeff, it's a shame you can't express a thought without insults.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
Please copy/paste ANY line from that post that was an insult directed at U  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
depends on how you define application  NemesisNL | 09/16/04
why does it need to be permanently bolted to the OS...  ryusen | 09/15/04
Why not?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
How about because IE holes become Windows OS holes?  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/04
give ya two reasons...  ryusen | 09/15/04
If you stop being paranoid then there isn't  parcelbrat | 09/15/04
because  meetwo | 09/15/04
And you  michael-t | 09/15/04
Advice, don't give up the day job.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
touche  meetwo | 09/15/04
Trolls_to_Find  KRP_z | 10/15/04
Latest usage numbers  tic swayback | 09/15/04
Trustworthy 'tech' journalism  michael-t | 09/15/04
Actually, the article was 100% spot on.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/04
BUT BitByte  meetwo | 09/15/04
se my earlier reply  meetwo | 09/15/04
Rant all I want? Okay...  KRP_z | 10/15/04
agreed whole heartedly,  parcelbrat | 09/15/04
How dare you sir!  KRP_z | 10/15/04
here is a suggestion for firefox to gain markett share....  JoeMama_z | 09/15/04
beast of balsover  christa_z | 04/21/05

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