<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Legatus wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 01:38, Davo Smith<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="mailto:christiansource@davosmith.co.uk">christiansource@davosmith.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Jon Glass <<a href="mailto:jonglass@usa.net">jonglass@usa.net</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Fred A. Miller <<a href="mailto:fmiller@lightlink.com">fmiller@lightlink.com</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Microsoft unfairly boosts market share of Internet Explorer by tying it<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to Windows, the European Commission has found in a preliminary<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">conclusion delivered to Microsoft last week.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Safari will be next, and then Firefox on Gnome and Konqueror in<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">KDE.... Why is it ok for others, but not Microsft? Be careful what you<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">wish for Europe...<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Because MS has a practical monopoly on the desktop and has been/is<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">using that to push their browser.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I think that this is backwards. The only reason that I have any<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">windows desktops is because there are certain sites that I must use<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">that require Internet Explorer. I have no other use for MS Windows. I<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">can run anything else I need in linux, even if it sometimes requires<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">wine. MS could care less about their free browser, but it is one of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the few things that keeps people using windows in their homes.<br></blockquote><br>I DON'T know of any site where one would have to use that intrusive<br>garbage. I've always managed between FF and Konqi. to access any site I<br>had to access.<br><br>Fred</div></blockquote><br></div><div>I'm constantly running into sites that either simply won't display or will only display in part because they are designed specifically with M$ft tech to be viewed by IE. I've managed to get one of these sites to produce a browser neutral version of their information just by being polite and pointing out the advantages to them should they decide to do so.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Jason P. Franklin</div><div>Christian/Husband/Father/Missionary</div><div>Westwood Bible Fellowship</div><div><a href="http://www.westwoodbf.com">www.westwoodbf.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:pastor.jason@westwoodbf.com">pastor.jason@westwoodbf.com</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: bold; ">I proudly support Parental Rights!</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">parentalrights.org</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; "><strong>I proudly support The FairTax!</strong><br><a href="http://www.FairTax.org">www.FairTax.org</a></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>