OUR reader Goblin, who as an aside took offence in the words of Novell's de Icaza, has published this post about the demise of Internet Explorer. Not even newer versions of the Web browser have managed to set it afloat and another reader of ours from Germany tells us about these amazing new numbers from Germany (Firefox surpassing Internet Explorer). The same reader once showed us that GNU/Linux is quite dominant in Germany.
A third reader wrote to us an hour ago, arguing that "Microsoft must be running out of money to pay the marketing companies. The marketing companies are skimping on their campaigns by copying old Firefox campaigns.
"Note that MSIE is not gone from Windows, since it cannot be removed. So a good portion of the downswing for MSIE means people are upgrading to Mac OSX, Linux, or even Haiku or Solaris.
"Here's the poster to go with that "Friends don't let friends run MSIE" slogan:
http://www.ixibo.com/2008/12/friends-dont-let-friends-use-internet-explorer/
"And comments can be found going back for years:
http://www.squidoo.com/spreadfirefox/supportgroup?utm_campaign=direct-discovery&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_source=pmalynn
http://jdjansen.blogspot.com/2008/05/friends-dont-let-friends-use-internet.html
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2005/01/ie.php
"Microsoft can't even copy well." ⬆
--Gateway Computer Chairman Ted Waitt