so does it mean that some1 who installed the cracked ie7 on xp can uninstall it and install the legal version?

i hope that is not to complicated.

I would guess so. There should be an option to uninstall it in your Add/Remove programs.

I agree with your Cory. I have my family using Firefox but they are still on Windows. There’s no way that many of them would be able to stomach using Linux on a regular basis right now. They have grown too accustomed to many other Linux-only programs.

I heard that same thing a few months back from someone who lives in Europe. I thought Firefox was becoming more of a standard, but that’s not always the case.

By the way, most web site work on Firefox. Only older sites developed by amateurs don’t work.

now it is my time to disagree. at least in a local level.
although many many many websites who appeal to English visitors (that i visit anyway) are doing gr8 in Firefox, many local sites, not necessarily small, but those who serve small populations (in relative to the huge audience of English speakers for example) do tend to be less friendly to Firefox. and i am talking about large banks (the largest) and the largest web portals (think in terms of yahoo or AOL, but on a smaller scale) and not to mention government sites (although they are at least claim to b obligated to using standards, from now on that is).
And although some might be able to render mostly ok, some features do get left behind. some of those features are very big.

but thanks to continuance nagging on talkbacks, emails and bad press, we slowly but surely will have them fix their evil ways.

its because they fear opensource if ppl start using firefox its more likely they will be willing/able to switch to linux

after all if all sites work in firefox it means theres incentive to go to linux if they dont less incentive

That couldn’t be further from the truth. Using a different web browser is a lot different than switching operating systems. I use Firefox and I have no plans on switching to Linux or any other OS.

By the way, most web site work on Firefox. Only older sites developed by amateurs don’t work.

i hope that is not to complicated.

Besides the search bar and default search provider, why else does Microsoft care if people use IE or other browsers? There isn’t much in the way of advertising in IE 7.

Because the default homepage and search bar are set to Microsoft’s sites. If people begin using another browser then that could be traffic that they miss out on. Think about how many times you’ve seen someone start IE and have it open to MSN, and then think about how many times you see some open Firefox and have MSN show up.

It’s not just about search as I mentioned in the previous response. The homepage plays a big roll as well. There is a lot of advertising on the MSN homepage, and I would say upwards of 80% of people I know using IE have never changed their homepage from MSN.

after all if all sites work in firefox it means theres incentive to go to linux if they dont less incentive

Advertising on live.com… The only chance they have to compete against google in the search advertising space is to get more people to use the default search provider in IE7.

Remember that Microsoft has something like 10-14% of the search market(can’t remember the numbers), and if they could get the zillions of IE6 users to upgrade they could probably grow that percentage by a lot.

They do still command 76% or so of the browser space.

Besides the search bar and default search provider, why else does Microsoft care if people use IE or other browsers? There isn’t much in the way of advertising in IE 7.

I have been wondering this forever too. Where is the money…? I think it has to do with the fact that it’s one less Microsoft item you’ll be using. Think about it, Microsoft is starting to lose a lot of what it had, online word processors are getting bigger,Google and Open office are challenging there office suite and I don’t use Windows media player much more either (Win amp!) it’ll be a while but soon Microsoft will fade more into the background as things evolve.