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Originally Posted by jrenshaw
Ok guys I think we are getting confused a bit. The reason IE ends up having it's home page changed etc. is simple and also the same reason that MS OS's are seen to be insecure. Hackers go for MS.
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Absoloutly.. hackers target anything MS more than anything else... Microsoft servers get attacked more than linux servers which is why I host on anything but MS.. the whole world seems to be against Bill Gates and MS so they are the hackers main target
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Originally Posted by jrenshaw
That's it if the same hackers went at Mac, LINUX, or different browsers then they would probablt get an equal amount of problems. This put's MS in a tough position a victim of their own success. Apprently Mozilla based browsers now take up 15% of webusers as this increases so will the 'problems',
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I am guessing the 15% figure is from netscape or someone.. certainly not from MS who would give a differnt figure... Also with more people buying PCs with IE already configured then I would say they outnumber the poeple knoledgeable enough to be able to change browsers or even want to
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Originally Posted by jrenshaw
currently it's just not worth the hassle when you can go for MS and get 70% of browsers. I have tried these other browsers but find sites that don't render (yes lazt developers) but I never have a problem with IE ,so I end up going back.
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Exactly my point.. IE works ... I am not a great fan of MS and as already stated I wont use there email software which 90% of the population seems to use... But there browser works.. Also as a developer (no i dont make websites) I ahve to see what the majority see...
As for all this about mizlla getting 15% of the market... take a look at the AUG stats for a certain website I run
MS Internet Explorer 604808 92.3 %
Unknown 24658 3.7 %
Mozilla 16113 2.4 %
Safari 3164 0.4 %
Netscape 3152 0.4 %
Opera 2193 0.3 %
Firebird 334 0 %
Konqueror 93 0 %
ANT Fresco 90 0 %
Links 90 0 %
92% MS IE and 8% covers the rest put together.... They are real figures from a real website