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Microsoft belatedly opens access to MSN

Steven Parker CEO - Neowin.net Neowin @aSteveParker · Oct 30, 2001 08:18 EST with -1 comments

Thanks Intense Ghetto for the heads up on this follow-up of a report we did last week on MSN.com blocking browsers other than IE on its website.

After being shut out of one of the most popular sites on the Internet last week, many non-Microsoft browsers on Monday were finally able to access the software giant's MSN.com page. As first reported by CNET News.com, some Mozilla and Opera users were enraged Thursday when they could not reach the upgraded MSN site. Instead, they were given the option of downloading a version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. That same day, Microsoft buckled to protests and said it would open its site to other browsers. But the uproar spilled into Friday as many Mozilla and Opera users found themselves still locked out.

News source: CNet