June 29 at 8:58 am
- Link
"I never argued that IE was functionally better. It still isn't today. I said that Microsoft had an ability, just as all other OS providers have, of including it in the operating system. They took advantage of a delivery platform that they themselves had built. Just as Apple has the ability to bundle in a browser in its OS. You seem to argue that because IE was bundled in that this stopped innovation. WRONG. Innovation in the browser market has done just fine, and the companies and organizations that are doing it are also doing quite well, on balance, IF they have a good product. Again, the OS as you're narrowly defining it is the Intel 80xxx chipset OS market. And yes, you're quite right, Microsoft has a dominant share. But that's primarily because the vast majority of consumers and developers -- not including you, mind you -- have voted in the marketplace with their dollars, and said that's what they wanted. It happened with betamax vs. vhs, it's happening today on the mobile phone..." - Steve Murch