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But, my rep just told me to switch everything to Red Hat because of that great Netscape server software they just bought.
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Not really true  Nigel Johnstone | 09/30/04
Not quite correct about Javascript and .NET  balsover | 10/01/04
You can still get your updates  jfp | 09/30/04
Yeah but....  htotten | 09/30/04
Better that than getting a virus after re-installing  voska | 09/30/04
I agree.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 09/30/04
Yes, time IS money.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 10/01/04
That's the best way to do it  voska | 09/30/04
That's the best way to do it  CodeBubba | 10/01/04
No need to "think again"  alterego_z | 09/30/04
Not a good idea..  d_jedi | 09/30/04
Interstingly....  BitTwiddler | 09/30/04
Only activeX, in particular..  d_jedi | 09/30/04
Wrong!  htotten | 09/30/04
Wake them up!  felipe_alfaro@... | 09/30/04
American Oligarchy and IE  LActive | 10/01/04
Cant Dump IE  mbraincell@... | 09/30/04
That's not the question  felipe_alfaro@... | 09/30/04
That's not the question  CodeBubba | 10/01/04
Put Verizon on Notice  bc_bc | 09/30/04
Put Verizon on Notice  CodeBubba | 10/01/04
I call Bullsh$t  ebpowell | 09/30/04
Same  mistakenID | 10/02/04
Re-phrase the question  Fred Fredrickson | 10/02/04
V E R I Z O N  dr_who@... | 10/09/04
More than 3 years ...  worknman | 09/30/04
Er, I meant ...  worknman | 09/30/04
Not a great article  Chad_z | 09/30/04
UA Spoofing  rpmyers1 | 09/30/04
And, they should try to emulate more of the IE quirks.  DonnieBoy | 09/30/04
No!  felipe_alfaro@... | 09/30/04
I think he was spot on. You still need IE for some tasks.  DonnieBoy | 09/30/04
Firefox  LActive | 10/01/04
You forgot to tell  vainov | 09/30/04
Anti-competitive behaviour?  d_jedi | 09/30/04
MS IE Extensions  jacarter3 | 09/30/04
The problem with standards..  d_jedi | 09/30/04
Web Developers  jacarter3 | 10/01/04
Actually..  d_jedi | 10/01/04
You stand corrected...  jacarter3 | 10/01/04
S T A N D A R D S  dr_who@... | 10/09/04
MS IE Extensions  ClaudeM | 09/30/04
I don't think so..  d_jedi | 09/30/04
FireFox Settings  jacarter3 | 10/01/04
I have the default settings..  d_jedi | 10/01/04
Browser settings.  rhammock | 10/01/04
Browser Settings Reprise  jacarter3 | 10/01/04
No, but bad HTML has the same effect  Fred Fredrickson | 10/02/04
Microsoft is now the standard...  Mike Cox | 09/30/04
My Rep says...  htotten | 09/30/04
Mike, where have you been?  shallow_diver | 09/30/04
Mike's back... Yeayyy(nt)  el1jones | 09/30/04
Above average  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/30/04
You are right on the money........  animlchin | 09/30/04
You are taking Mike seriously aren't you ...  Taz_z | 09/30/04
Correction...  BitTwiddler | 09/30/04
You're missing the point...  felipe_alfaro@... | 09/30/04
Well, everybody's gotta 'go' so...  BitTwiddler | 09/30/04
TalkBack: Reply to message Re microSlops is trhe standard now say whaa  peten | 09/30/04
MicroSlops Not...  rsharp@... | 09/30/04
Apache and IIS  Krod | 10/25/04
90%  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
Microsoft is the most proprietary company on the planet  MacGeek2121 | 09/30/04
Hearing His Name In The Hallways  whogoesthere | 09/30/04
I love it when some one new reads Mike for the first time  shallow_diver | 10/01/04
That's not what standards are  wresnick | 10/01/04
Correction,  wresnick | 10/01/04
No, you are wronghahaha!  Krod | 10/25/04
Coporate Applications  dmgm01 | 09/30/04
I'd still switch browsers...  el1jones | 09/30/04
MSNBC And Expedia?? What are they talking about?  itanalyst | 09/30/04
If Paul Allen Was Smart...  claytonmuhler | 09/30/04
MSNBC video only works on IE  STFU NOOB | 09/30/04
Blah BS  EricMarts@... | 09/30/04
Example...?  plloyd1010 | 09/30/04
What is cheerfully ignored...  Yen_z | 09/30/04
Bleh  rbethell | 09/30/04
Not igonored just no topic  IT Scion | 09/30/04
No excuse  rbethell | 09/30/04
They're Called Frontpage Jockys  brenthawkinsmd | 09/30/04
Haha!  Yen_z | 09/30/04
inexcusable even for FrontPage jockeys  rbethell | 09/30/04
front page will modify your code  V Sanders | 10/02/04
Keep a Copy of IE??? It's Part of Bloated Windows!  brenthawkinsmd | 09/30/04
no kidding, the author must have NEVER tried to uninstall IE  V Sanders | 09/30/04
Do away with I.E.  dr_who@... | 10/09/04
The problem is FrontPage  Roger Ramjet | 09/30/04
Not true  Sarenpa | 09/30/04
Use FireFox, with IE as backup!  dl@... | 09/30/04
too funny  V Sanders | 09/30/04
Nonsense! Maxthon Browser supports  iviguy | 09/30/04
Wolf in sheeps clothing  Nullifidian | 09/30/04
What a load... *LOL* If your web developer is...  Stellardyne | 09/30/04
A truism.  Yen_z | 09/30/04
Are we Really Surprized?  dgpeter@... | 09/30/04
If Firefox is "all that", why  RJM_z | 09/30/04
What?  skeptic tank | 09/30/04
Nice try ... but they weren't porn or warez sites,  RJM_z | 09/30/04
Nice try yourself. Time to put up or shut up.  Taz_z | 09/30/04
I took the Firefox default settings and have  RJM_z | 09/30/04
You still haven't said which site  Taz_z | 09/30/04
Somebody say 'rancor'?  KRP_z | 10/15/04
Nice try ... but they weren't porn or warez sites,  tuckettt | 09/30/04
That didn't come in through FireFox  BitTwiddler | 09/30/04
I correct myself...  BitTwiddler | 09/30/04
Thanks for your reply, but believe me, it was Firefox.  RJM_z | 09/30/04
Also, you haven't said which downloader trojan you got  Taz_z | 09/30/04
I checked my anti-virus log, but it only shows the last scan,  RJM_z | 09/30/04
Gotta be something else  rbethell | 09/30/04
one good reason  peten | 09/30/04
NETSCAPE  LaSenorita | 09/30/04
Re: Netscape  Crash2100 | 09/30/04
FireFox Plug-in  31337-h4x0r | 09/30/04
Planning to dump - MS  Tombo_z | 09/30/04
And then there's the camp that hates tech  FilledOut | 09/30/04
For a while now...  Omch'Ar | 09/30/04
Why I won't abandon IE6  Jeffhs | 09/30/04
True  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
what, you think you CHOOSE to keep IE - lol  V Sanders | 09/30/04
I don't CHOOSE to ...  Dutchman72 | 10/09/04
Drop IE, and do it now...  felipe_alfaro@... | 09/30/04
Regarding this article...  msdead | 09/30/04
Dumping IE. I think SO!  jskline0@... | 09/30/04
Very few problems with Firefox  kvwilliams | 09/30/04
Reality Check  firefoxie | 09/30/04
Whoa, lets be honest shall we.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/04
The only thing is...  Michael Kelly | 09/30/04
Still wrong...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/04
You are still wrong....  B.O.F.H. | 09/30/04
Not hardly...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/04
what no ax is saying  V Sanders | 10/02/04
Again with 3 year old information?  B.O.F.H. | 09/30/04
Go cry to the W3C..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/04
Provide a link!  B.O.F.H. | 09/30/04
Do your home work.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/30/04
Making more stuff up?  B.O.F.H. | 09/30/04
As if you've done your own homework  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
no ax has no proof - cause there is none (NT)  V Sanders | 09/30/04
No-Ax has to be obvious TROLL  KRP_z | 10/15/04
I agree, provide a link!  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
You're joking, right?  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
I'm sick of this, so I'm creating a list  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
Really?  michael-t | 10/01/04
Complience  agottschald | 10/01/04
Sir, your neck is the same girth as your head  KRP_z | 10/15/04
IE-only compatible websites  Dr_Zinj | 09/30/04
Well said  KRP_z | 10/15/04
Totally dumped  kokuryu | 09/30/04
Firefox 1.0 problems  hapaki1 | 09/30/04
Oh well it the ideal time then is it not  peten | 09/30/04
STILL UNABLE TO FIX WINDOWS  KRP_z | 10/15/04
Foxfire (cont'd) Ad-a-ware and spybot scans are  RJM_z | 09/30/04
Self dumping IE  ralphdb@... | 09/30/04
Dumped IE 18 Months ago  voska | 09/30/04
Less webpages are broken, not more  CobraA1 | 09/30/04
Firewall block IE and use Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox  PVkWatts | 09/30/04
you are correct, many spyware apps use the features of IE without user perm  V Sanders | 09/30/04
Make what you want...  waltmher | 09/30/04
Planning to code for IE? Think again  cdc_z | 09/30/04
the only site i have run accros that doesn't work on mozilla firefox  V Sanders | 09/30/04
It's already nearly dead anyway.  agottschald | 09/30/04
when i see i sight like that i stay away  V Sanders | 09/30/04
MSNBC and Expedia?  GRVR | 10/01/04
I dumped it a long time ago  Endoscopy_z | 10/01/04
why?  arnold_walker@... | 10/01/04
Mozilla hater Paul Festa continues his bashing.  DeepFreeze3 | 10/01/04
Name me just ONE left wing stooge?  KRP_z | 10/15/04
Take Some Responsibility!  guitrwiz@... | 10/01/04
AMEN  Dutchman72 | 10/09/04
Interesting  michael-t | 10/01/04
easy answer  jblan | 10/02/04
Browsers  icemaker@... | 10/02/04
Dumped --- Never to go Back!!!  Dutchman72 | 10/09/04
Corporate websites  Bludnok_z | 10/10/04
Hundreds of reasons...  KRP_z | 10/15/04
I don't patronize sites that push IE. Period.  null | 01/04/05

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