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Caution, strawman attacking innocent bystanders in this area!!!
"Kind of hard to do that if you had no browser or FTP client bundled."

FTP has been bundled with Windows since W95. It's part of the TCP/IP installation. For that matter I used to download new versions of IE (Starting with 3.01 IIRC) using Lynx so that I could do in-house testing of it behind the company firewall when I supported Netscape for use by Merrill Lynch customers using a browser to access their accounts securely over the Internet seven years ago. Customers always wanted to know why they couldn't use IE to access their account info. When I found out why it wouldn't work and how often it crashed, a problem it has long since overcome, and told them, they were still unhappy because it wasn't what they wanted to hear. They, like you, wanted to believe that they couldn't do without it. You could then and you can now.

IE _is_ a much better product now than it was in those days. [Especially if you write trojans or malware.] Netscape lags behind in areas like ActiveX controls but is head and shoulder above in standards compliance.

What do I use? Epiphany 1.0.1. It's not a world beater, but it does just what I want (and doesn't do what I don't want it to) and is getting noticeably better with each new release. But it's no IE.
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Simple - Don't use IE  ITGuy04 | 04/13/04
Why would anyone use IE?  Oscar_Goldman | 04/13/04
Because they don't know any better  voska | 04/13/04
Boring!!!  DevilsAdvocado | 04/13/04
Windows XP ME  issthatso | 04/13/04
Those Laurels will turn into thorns !  DevilsAdvocado | 04/14/04
That's an easy one!  WhoIsDaMan | 04/13/04
One word: Bundling  el1jones | 04/13/04
Bundling means nothing  voska | 04/13/04
Re: Bundling means nothing  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
I have nothing against bundling, everyone does  voska | 04/13/04
We seem to agree then.  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
Caution, strawman attacking innocent bystanders in this area!!!  Still Lynn | 04/21/04
And it's the wrong word. Use Integrated.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Only Sort Of True ...  coffeenite | 04/13/04
Windows is an operating system, so...  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Re: consistent capabilities for 95% of the world's pc's  George Jay | 04/14/04
Lead by example [someday]  Still Lynn | 04/22/04
I agree however ... protocol handler issue!  ukdiveboy | 04/13/04
Yes, integrate IE into Moz/Netscape!  Still Lynn | 04/22/04
Oh, the word from on high...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
indeed!  Nullifidian | 04/13/04
Your concet of "everyone" leaves much to be desired.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
My dad's bigger than you dad (NT)  voska | 04/13/04
Interesting...  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
Ah, my insult of the day from the little guy.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Coming from you that means a lot!  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
I always try to help the handicapped.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Given your decade of unemployment...  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
oh yeah  meetoo | 04/14/04
No  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Man am I impressed!!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Re: the word  John L. Ries | 04/19/04
Phishing can still happen in Mozilla  jfrankcarr | 04/13/04
But not as an exploit of the browser  coffeenite | 04/13/04
Unfortunately...  Fred Fredrickson | 04/14/04
Jury is still out on Mozilla  bmonster | 04/14/04
Onestat stats  voska | 04/13/04
One of my previous companies used netscape.  el1jones | 04/13/04
Is that why they went broke?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/13/04
Smart Company  ITGuy04 | 04/13/04
IE market share  crocd | 04/13/04
Visiting Unknown Web Sites  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Re: Visiting Unknown Web Sites  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
Huh???  Da-Man | 04/13/04
MS Haters...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Complaining about terrorist does nothing  voska | 04/13/04
Don't worry.  doe_z | 04/13/04
Short Memory  George Jay | 04/13/04
Benefit of the doubt...  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Whine about issues ... you bet ... it's called Risk Mitigation  George Jay | 04/14/04
Dont hateMS, hate their behaviour  DevilsAdvocado | 04/15/04
= Mozilla or Netscape  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
What is this, security by FUD?  Mack DaNife | 04/13/04
The world according to McNealy  Da-Man | 04/13/04
Security assurance program  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Um, when did you look at Mozilla?  Patrick Jones | 04/13/04
Yes; discussion was whether it could be improved. (NT)  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
I want tabbed browsing  MkIIISupra | 04/13/04
Try Avant.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
I'll make this easy for you  Win32_Guru | 04/13/04
Fastest? According to whom?  Tim Patterson | 04/13/04
I'll make this easy for you  SC-man | 04/14/04
So what freeware do you add to IE...  Robert Crocker | 04/13/04
Microsoft's generosity.  Anton Philidor | 04/13/04
Re: Microsoft doesn't expect IE to exist as a separate product  George Jay | 04/14/04
Why won't you be able to use Mozilla?  Anton Philidor | 04/14/04
You banged it on the head ...  George Jay | 04/14/04
Add this  Win32_Guru | 04/13/04
IE + Freeware Mozilla  John Le'Brecage | 04/13/04
= Other.  Anton Philidor | 04/14/04
Just out of curiosity...  John L. Ries | 04/19/04
People should stop complaining, IE is free!  B.O.F.H. | 04/13/04
Here's why people complain bofh...  userini | 04/18/04
What's so "high-tech" . . .?  markdoiron | 04/16/04
More than a "hollier than thou"" thing...  kennethsf | 04/18/04

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