Editorial: How to Succeed in Business the Microsoft Way

[Tom Andry]

audioholics.com/news/editorials/IE7.php">Microsoft, the software giant, released their new version of Internet Explorer yesterday. Version 7 touts increased security, is easier to use, and sports a number of added functionalities. Aside from the cosmetic, one of the more useful functions is tab browsing. With IE7, instead of having to have multiple windows open if you are viewing different sites, you have a single window with tabs along the top indicating which sites you have open. Users of Firefox should be familiar with this concept.

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[Sheep]

Locked out of your computer?

There is VERY simple ways to get rid of those things.

Man that looks a lot like firefox...

SheepStar

[JohnA]

Locked out of your computer?

There is VERY simple ways to get rid of those things.

SheepStar

Yep...Get a Mac!

Couldn't resist

[Nuglets]

Yep...Get a Mac!

Couldn't resist

Or...use Linux, it's free!! Or just live with Microsoft's monopoly if you want to use your computer for anything other than a webserver or video/image editing. Microsoft has everything else on a tight lockdown. I wouldn't be surprised if Windows XP SP2 is required for IE7 trying to get sorry consumer's to go get the latest OS by Microsoft for $300 just because they feel like adding a code in the installer checking for the OS version. That company is such BS. They pulled that crap with AoE3 and FSX. Funny thing is, with AoE, all I had to do was install it on a PC running XP and transfer the installed files to my Win2K machine and not surprisingly it was fully functional with absolutely no problems. Hmmm, do I smell a BS scam? But I'm sure the Microsoft corporation needs that extra cash for something really important, unlike us middle class people. Why the hell would we need $300 other than to buy Windows XP right before Vista comes out? Sweet deal...Thanks Microsoft, we couldn't do it without you.

[Nuglets]

Locked out of your computer?

There is VERY simple ways to get rid of those things.

Man that looks a lot like firefox...

SheepStar

What is this simple way to get out of it? If Microsoft locks you out of their OS, their isn't much you can do about it without illegally modifying code.

[Jack Hammer]

MS definately pulls some BS with their software. The proprietary type crap they've done in the past is inexcusable. In their defense, though, you really can't blame any software company from not wanted their product pirated. I have no problem with them developing EFFECTIVE, honest and non-destructive tools for stopping their product from working on pirated systems. That doesn't make it OK for them to lock people out of their computers or cause them to crash or anything else bad. It should just simply cause that specific program one is trying to install to not work or not be able to be installed on a pirated operating system - nothing else. And it needs to work properly so their aren't a bunch of false negatives (positives? whichever applies).

My $0.02

Jack

[farscaper]

Get Firefox and be done with it. Its free and far safer.
Many of the updates in the functionality for IE7 have been in Firefox for a while now.

[jeffsg4mac]

I am a mac user and use Safari and Firefox most all of the time. When I have to use a PC with windows, I use Firefox, it is fast, secure and free. It is the best browser for the PC period. No need to use IE at all.

[Matt34]

I am a mac user and use Safari and Firefox most all of the time. When I have to use a PC with windows, I use Firefox, it is fast, secure and free. It is the best browser for the PC period. No need to use IE at all.

Yup, Firefox user here and will personally never go back to IE. I love my add-on's and extensions.

[JAD2]

You would think AUDIOPHILE's, people so smart in electronics, per say, would even consider using such BOSE RELATED PRODUCTS, let alone write about them!!!!