You Are Probably Not Using Internet Explorer to Read This
- Thread starter Greg Tito
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Microsoft caught wind of Netscape (who, at the time, was letting individual users DL their browser for nothing and charging businesses a licensing fee) they tried to run them into the ground by releasing IE free with a Windows '95 add on pack.Juven Ignus said:
In the end, it bit them in the ass because it lead to the '98 Microsoft Anti-Trust Case and they basically got in trouble over abusing their monopoly on operating systems to unfairly cut off Netscape (since they were the dominant OS company at the time, people basically had to use their bundled software, as I understand it, including IE, giving them an unfair advantage).
All's fair in love and business I suppose.
Check it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Microsoft_antitrust_case
I use Opera personally, and I kinda wish more people did. ^^; Things are improving, but since some sites don't offer that great support for everything, I have on occasion had to use IE for stuff... like downloading drivers from asus.com. And yes, I know it could all be fixed if I use (abuse?) the fox. 
But I don't want to. I like Opera. Being a Norwegian nationalist, how can I not?
But I don't want to. I like Opera. Being a Norwegian nationalist, how can I not? 
The only time I use IE is when I have to update Windows for a client or more importantly, to download a better browser.
Using Chrome; rarely do I use Internet Explorer or Firefox, only perhaps when I need to something for school is when I switch from Chrome.
Chrome is the best, especially since it is getting good apps nowadays. Overall it's just faster, I like the ability to pull tabs across my screen fluidly without shit breaking to hell and back again like with Firebox. Firefox is just too bloated and slow, I remember having to wait forever for the window to open sometimes, and that was only use like 8 applications that pretty much everyone who uses firefox uses. IE is notoriously bad for a reason.
