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Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
taliesin Posted Mar 30, 2006
Thanks for that!
Started my day with a 
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
ol don one Posted Mar 30, 2006
like most of us used IE because it came ready mounted,now I use Camino,
suits me perfectly
But wait: There's more!
taliesin Posted Apr 1, 2006
'Cyber criminals are using the messages to exploit a recently discovered flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4864072.stm
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
HappyDude Posted Apr 14, 2006
A minor update to FireFox has been released http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6061155.html
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 14, 2006
I know. It popped up a "do you want to install" dialog when I was halfway through typing a really long posting, and I'd hit the space bar before I noticed it, thus closing my browser in mid posting. 
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
HappyDude Posted Apr 25, 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/technology/4941728.stm
BBC News article on MSIE 7 (Beta)
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
HappyDude Posted Apr 26, 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=1884077
MSIE, the Great Microsoft Blunder?
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 26, 2006
May I recommend this rather wonderful link that I recently found on the Archers board... 
http://www.adplusplus.net/adplusplus/2006/03/microsoft_histo.html
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
HappyDude Posted Apr 26, 2006
now why can't the BBC produce documentaries like that?
Why do you use MS Internet Explorer..?
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Apr 26, 2006
Too fair and balanced for them, I'd guess. 
Why do you tolerate MS..?
taliesin Posted Jun 13, 2006
"The world is at a crossroads, where for the first time there really is a choice. You don't have to accept Microsoft's demeaning and insulting EULA terms. If you are a business, do you want Microsoft having free access to your computer? If you are a government? I'm just an individual, and I don't.
If you wish to remove the Windows Genuine Advantage tools, and I expect most of you do, why not go the whole hog and remove the entire software package, replace it with GNU/Linux, and find out what it feels like to be treated with respect and to breathe free?"
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060608002958907
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