by KDSonoma » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:30 am
I have totally sworn off anything Microsoft for the future here, we are going 100% linux in the next year (phase in).
Kelli wanted to play toon time, and it wont run on Firefox (stupid move on Disneys part) .... needs IE. So i go to DL IE as I always have, because I had to rebuild her computer.
Well now Microsoft wants you to prove that the license fro your Windows OS (we have XP) is a legit license before u can even DL IE.
Well, the problem here is we have multiple legit licenses, but when I reinstall on computers here, or on new ones that replace ones where the HD dies etc, I tend to use one copy.
And of course, the damn thing says it cant confirm my legit copy. Well instead of going ahead and reinstalling XP from another of my legit copies (a pain in the butt after I had already done that and was up and running), I chose to seek out an older IE on the web, and theres already tons of "black market" sites that are posting old versions of IE that dont check for the OS etc.
Im telling ya, this is/was the most ignorant period of time for Microsoft ... linux is free, its available easily, and in the cases Ive examined (like Forefox vs IE), its WAY better code than the Microsoft products.
Prediction .... 5 yrs from now Microsoft will have less than 50% of the market share for OS, and linux will be the other half. That will be the beginning of a serious problem for Microsoft, because once the average Joes out there can install and run linux easily, no ones going to be paying $200 for an OS.
Im surprised Kyra about the results u had, but theres always unique systems and combos of software / hardware out there that dont act the same as others. If anyone gets those same results I would also recommend going back to IE, but I bet thats a very rare situation.
Ive installed Firefox on 8 systems here, and every one of them runs smoother, faster, way less resources (25% less is the norm I get on my systems), and its extremely hacker resistent. In the 2 yrs we have used Firefox, IE has had over 80 security issues that they had to patch, most in emergency situations because hackers were going nuts on them. In that time, not one security issue with Firefox ... and the plugins for Firefox are way ahead of the ones available for IE. They ROCK!
So we shall see what the future brings, but I dont believe its a bright one for Microsoft and their OS or their IE.
In the 6 months that Ive been a Webmaster for a web site/group that Im a steering committee member of, Ive seen the use of Firefox skyrocket .... in the first 2 months no one logged in thru Firefox, now its about 40% firefox, and these are school district people, normally a very conservative group *grins*.
KD