SPAM-LOW: RE: [thelist] Internet Explorer 7

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Sat Feb 19 23:04:37 CST 2005


"the issues are there as long as MS products have a near-monopoly on the
web"

Microsoft does *not* have a monopoly on the web.  Nor do they on the
desktop, nor the servers, and so on...   What they have is called *market
share*, and there IS a difference.   One is driven by DELIBERATE LACK OF
AVAILABLE CHOICES while the other is driven by continued popularity.

No one is holding a gun to our heads, FORCING us to use Microsoft-anything.
No one is holding a gun to anyone's head.  I don’t recall some large, armed
guard ready to cut me down me when I walk to the cash register with Word
Perfect instead of MS Word.   So -- go ahead and buy Apple, Linux, Sun,
whatever else you want.  These systems obviously work and they have been
proven out there.   So, use them.    

I am so tired of everyone's whining about Microsoft.   Its such an old
complaint and its generally invoked by those who don’t have ideas good
enough to either capitalize on such "monopolies" as they are accused or ride
the wave created by them.    So, please, stop complaining.

Instead, why not turn observations such as:

"
... Web users lose interest because they're more and more flooded with 'bad
things that come from the web'...
... Companies lose significant numbers of visitors and close their
websites...
... Security expenses for companies are growing, until they decide to simply
disconnect their employees' computers from the web.
"

into products, services, or BOTH that help individuals and companies?
Instead of pointing out the negative, turn it into a idea!   Those three
little sentences, above, have given me a handful of ideas that I will
endeavor to turn into my own money-making services.  So thanks!

You know, there is a saying:  "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every
opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. "
(Churchill).  I tend to surround myself with the latter.


Respectfully.




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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Mike
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:28 PM
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Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW: RE: [thelist] Internet Explorer 7

At 22:31 19.02.2005 +1100, you wrote:
>: It's in _our_interest_ that the web is
>: still there in five or ten years.
>
>I'm sure the web will still be there in 5-10 years. It's survived the last
10
>years of competing standards, and I'm sure it'll survive the next 10.

What if...

... MS does *not* manage to respond to these security issues. Because the
issues are there as long as MS products have a near-monopoly on the web,
which is exploited by worms, virii and adware...

... Web users lose interest because they're more and more flooded with
'bad things that come from the web'...

... Companies lose significant numbers of visitors and close their
websites...

... Security expenses for companies are growing, until they decide to
simply disconnect their employees' computers from the web.

Gladly, there are also other possible scenarios   :)

You could even say, as long as MS doesn't fully respect the standards,
their security problem won't be solved. Just another marketing fluff - ?

As you said, they're doing it for the shareholders. Or for the shares.
Which doesn't automatically include a long-term interest   ;)

Mike

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