[thelist] IE update

Peter-Paul Koch gassinaumasis at hotmail.com
Wed Oct 8 09:00:56 CDT 2003



> >>> I do believe there is another browser called mozilla.
> >>
> >>And one called opera and safari (if you are fortunate enough to use 
>macs).
> >
> >Which is exactly the point: Microsoft is actually inviting end users to
> >switch browsers if they'd incorporate this new alert. I can't understand
>the
> >reasoning behind this.
>
>It's simple  - they lost a suit on a patents claim to pluggins in browsers
>and prefer not to pay $521 million.
>
>http://news.com.com/2100-1032-5063444.html?tag=nl
>
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1233859,00.asp


How does the alert prevent the use of patented plugin technology?


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