VLR Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I can understand why Mozilla Corp. would rather not see he's browser market share go down against IE, but why Microsoft cares so much about IE losing market over FF? MS doesn't sell IE in a stand alone package or anything like that. It's just bundle with Windows to be out of the box ready to surf the web right for any joe average user. Maybe it's a linux/open source matter? My only understanding it's that MS is scare of any good app to be bundle with free linux distro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterious_w Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 I reckon Microsoft does make some money off IE, such as the sponsed favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted August 8, 2005 Veteran Share Posted August 8, 2005 * moved to Browser Discussion forum * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLR Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 I reckon Microsoft does make some money off IE, such as the sponsed favourites. 586344628[/snapback] That can be a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujjwal Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 A big reason why many people hesitate in using linux is unfamiliarity, the applications, way of doing things etc are all different. A web browser is a very oft used application. If people became familiar with firefox, they would find atleast that one thing bundled in many linux distributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Microsoft depends on Internet Explorer to make money. They just don't make it directly off of IE. Here's a scenario. Random Company buys Microsoft Project Server to manage their work. Random Company finds the Project Server web interface requires ActiveX to fully function. Random Company must buy Windows and use Internet Explorer to use their new software. Microsoft makes money from the Windows sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VLR Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Random Company buys Microsoft Project Server to manage their work.Random Company finds the Project Server web interface requires ActiveX to fully function. Random Company must buy Windows and use Internet Explorer to use their new software. Microsoft makes money from the Windows sales. 586345161[/snapback] That answer a big chunck. Thanks a lot!Someone sees something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 1) Microsoft does rake a profit of unknown amounts for what links and cookies they bundle with IE. 2) If Microsoft controls most of the browser market, they have an impact on how web sites are created. If IE doesn't support a "standard/feature", the "standard/feature" will be of much greater scarcity on the web. Essentially the standard is broken, along with support for any browser that does support the standard. 3) Allows them to create their own technologies, such as ActiveX (which kinda backfired, ha ha serves them right I guess), which would cost money for other browser makers to implement because they would have to license MS's ActiveX technology. Thanks to the inability to remove IE, support for ActiveX and other such technologies is forced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
em_te Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 And IE makes tying in MSN services with Windows much easier. Firefox defaults to Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgefield Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 You pay for ie. Its bundled into the price of Xp. That's why they stopped ie mac. They flood the net with IE only content, so ie is the only browser that works, so windows is the only os that works on the internet. They try to control one monopoly by holding another monopoly - hence the anti-trust action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SergeantNoob Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 1) Microsoft does rake a profit of unknown amounts for what links and cookies they bundle with IE. 586345244[/snapback] Wow, thanks for spreading FUD n00b. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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