Following the EU investigation into Internet Explorer's inclusion in Windows, Microsoft made it possible to "turn off" Internet Explorer 8 in Windows 7, by removing the executable and every mention of the browser from the system. According to Opera and Google, this is nice, but not enough.
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Member since:2008-12-15
No... I did use them. The companies died on the vine. Microsoft made "good enough" software... vs stellar software.
Ok, think of it like this: You buy a car. You've spent most of your money on it. The car has tires that only allow you to go 50mph safely. It gets you everywhere you need to go. But not as well as you'd like.
Those are Microsoft brand tires, not Goodyear. They are good enough to get the job done and are legal in every aspect but are not able to do the job WELL. Are you going to buy replacement tires are you? No.
Until you realize that "Good enough" always wins when pushed that way, you just won't wrap your head around this decision Microsoft made to use its monopoly to keep people from buying other products they feel they need to obliterate.
Feh, you'll just go on and say I am a Linux Bigot or something. Go on... many will believe you.
Member since:2005-12-15
No I wont say that, but what I don't understand is why Microsoft is being blamed because consumers choose not to go and get "superior" products.
Why would someone go and get this better software if the software they already have does the job they require? It seems rediculous to suggest that people should get "superior" software just because and in many cases pay for it.
It comes down to demand and money. Nobody wants to pay for something they don't need. It's also unfair to say that Microsoft somehow used their monopoly to influence people to not even bother looking. If people are too stupid to look around and check out their options then it's their own damn fault.
Take the provided Calculator and Notepad apps. I have never looked for another calculator app because the one they provide is sufficient. I paid for that in my purchase of Windows. Regarding Notepad, I kept finding myself frustraited with a lot of manual text manipulation so I looked around for a better solution and Texpad came up. It's far superior, I need it so I purchased it and dumped Notepad.
Microsoft cannot be blamed because I've never bothered finding an alternative to Calculator. That was my decision.
Also, unless we're going to remove all but the core functionality from all operating systems then bundling basic very useful and regularly used apps with any OS makes sense. To me, a calculator, notepad, web browser, defrag tool, file browser, etc fit into this and should be provided.
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2005-12-15
So, it's Microsoft's fault that by way of your arguement people chose not to use other software?