[Sussex] Microsoft to collapse..

[Richie Jarvis]

Paul Graydon wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk 
>>[mailto:sussex-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Chris Jones
>>Sent: 13 February 2005 00:59
>>To: tealeg at member.fsf.org; LUG email list for the Sussex Counties
>>Subject: Re: [Sussex] Microsoft to collapse..
>>
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>On Sat, February 12, 2005 10:39, Geoffrey Teale said:
>>
>>>It mentions how Linux and Firefox now have the "mindshare", not 
>>>Microsoft.
>>
>>Personally I think that's a load of crap, but that's beside the point.
>>
>>Microsoft still have the $10billion a quarter business and 
>>that's not going away anytime soon, no matter how many people 
>>download firefox.
> 
> 
> Personally, I'd have to agree with you too.  Gartner and other IT sites
> still show that the market share of IE is around 90%.  In 3 months of
> launch, and over a year and a half of mainstream existance as such (stable
> releases), Firefox hasn't made huge moves on the browser share.  I love it
> and would never go back to IE, but most people still haven't heard of it
> really.  Not at a level that'll make them any more interested in trying it
> out.  The average joe might have heard some tech savvy co-worker or friend
> mention it, but not really understand what the fuss is about.  After all,
> he's already got the internet on his machine, that’s what the blue E is for.
> Sadly, most IT writers seem stuck with their heads half in IT world,
> forgetting that people in the real world don't think like them at all, and
> basically couldn't give a brass monkeys how they get on to the internet,
> write a letter, use the computer; as long as they actually can.  Why change
> to Linux when their machine came with Windows?  All the benefits are
> primarily stuff that IT geeks pay attention to, not the end user.  Why use
> Firefox when IE does what they need?
> 
And, when Firefox doesn't work on all sites, yet IE does.  Not that 
thats a good thing :(