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"Seems to me that the early release of IE 7 is being inspired more by shame-avoidance and maybe some real concern for security than anything else. "

Let's not kid ourselves, IE7 is a direct response to Firefox. ABMers can whine about how MS is leveraging it's market position, but at the end of the day, MS has ground (not to mention money) to lose if they don't stay competitive. Tabbed browsing, built-in RSS aggregators and mouse gestures are not the future of browsing, they're the NOW. Microsoft has to get on the bus or accept the fact that they're walking home. You can call the impetus behind the accelerated release of IE7 "shame avoidance", and I'll call it the intrinsic beauty of a competitive market. You say tomato...
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Microsoft needs to have IE only web sites though.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/05
I'll only migrate to Linux when...  voska | 03/16/05
But don't you get tired of Microsoft with their hand out?, the viruses?  DonnieBoy | 03/16/05
What?  NonZealot | 03/16/05
Most people pay for MS software, yes, fixes are free (if MS chooses to fix)  DonnieBoy | 03/16/05
Not a nice try  NonZealot | 03/16/05
Please do ignore Linux  Sunny Jalolly | 03/16/05
Ok, so you don't use AV, you never apply security patches??  DonnieBoy | 03/17/05
Again with the reading comprehension!  NonZealot | 03/17/05
Ok, we can all relax, MS does not and will not have security problems.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/05
What he said  voska | 03/17/05
Then they've already failed  John L. Ries | 03/16/05
Competitive markets  Real World | 03/17/05
MS doesn't make any money from IE  John L. Ries | 03/17/05
Yes, but it is very important for them to maintain 90% or more share.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/05
How much lock-in value does IE have?  John L. Ries | 03/17/05
Sure they do  Real World | 03/17/05
And the reduced numbers of IE only sites is why they are willing to  DonnieBoy | 03/17/05
What's a browser?  Anton Philidor | 03/17/05
I don't understand IE only sites  alterego_z | 03/17/05
Yes, but it was not that long ago, that it was less than 5%.  DonnieBoy | 03/17/05
Blatantly "innovating" Firefox's featureset into IE was inevitable  whisperycat | 03/17/05
Did you read your link?  Ardian Daka | 03/17/05
Yawn. Another lame argument  billywill | 03/17/05
Be nice to jellyclock  NonZealot | 03/17/05
You should..  Jeff Spicoli | 03/17/05
Look Who's Talking ... Now !  Ardian Daka | 03/17/05
I'm talking, Mo Frare!  Jeff Spicoli | 03/17/05
Wish they'd call it W3C cohort pressure...  Anton Philidor | 03/17/05
Would you prefer they cede to standards like ISO and ECMA?  B.O.F.H. | 03/17/05
Promise we won't argue about punctuation?  Anton Philidor | 03/17/05
But Anty..  Jeff Spicoli | 03/17/05
So, no FireFox "advantage" in features.  Anton Philidor | 03/17/05
Spicoli Lied  nucrash | 03/17/05
Needing to put words in peoples' mouths a sure sign of..  Jeff Spicoli | 03/17/05
Featuring...  Anton Philidor | 03/17/05
Some users just like old technolgy!  B.O.F.H. | 03/17/05
Tabbed Broswing?  jfreedle2@... | 03/17/05
Darn, source close to MS, . . guess that means lawsuit  FilledOut | 03/18/05
This thing is going to follow Standards?  tor2351@... | 12/23/05
This thing is going to follow Standards?  tor2351@... | 12/23/05
This thing is going to follow Standards?  tor2351@... | 12/23/05

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