More from Paul Thurrot today, as he reviews the N editions of Windows: "If you're wondering what the XP N Editions are like, wonder no more. I got my hands on both XP Home N and XP Pro N this week and gave them both a spin. The results were pretty uneventful. I can't recommend the XP N Editions per se, but I can report that you shouldn't be afraid of using these products at all. They're not crippled or broken in any way I can see."
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Member since:2005-07-06
Remember how IE was simply by far the best browser available and won because it was far better than anything else out there?
yep, I remember. I used Spyglass at first, then Navigator, then the full Netscape package.
Netscape 3 was slow and unstable, so I downloaded IE3...
I had to actually go and DOWNLOAD IE, it was not bundled.
Same again with Netscape 4 and IE4. IE 4 whipped Netscapes ass.
Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:2005-07-07
I remember it well. But it did not 'win' on quality. It won on being bundled with the OS.
Government rules on monopoly practices are not about quality.
(UK) The Sales of Goods Act is about quality.
Monolpoly rules are about not allowing companies to use their controlling power in one area to gain unfair dominance in another area.
IE is no longer the best browser, and it is not its quality that gives it such a massive market share.
Member since:2005-07-06
IE isn't the best browser to you!
IE does many things well that Firefox/Mozilla can not do even half as well, especially from a corporate standpoint.
I say again, IE has been bundled with Windows since the original Win95, yet nobody even used it until IE3 came out, and even then very few people. IE3 was also bundled with Windows. IE4 came out, and it really did win on quality. IE4 garnered a lot of market share before it was even bunlded with any version of Windows (95 OSR2.5 and 98).
Also, IE has only recently become "not the best browser" and has lost 10% of the so called "market".
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2005-07-06
Remember how IE was simply by far the best browser available and won because it was far better than anything else out there?