[Mageia-dev] Talk of Browsers

Fri Oct 1 11:12:46 CEST 2010

2010/10/1 Michael Scherer <misc at zarb.org>:
+>
+> I always wondered why Microsoft didn't crush Google by forcing such
+> settings in Internet Explorer some years ago. They could even have done
+> worst, downloading but not showing and ask the choice to users on
+> install time, and let advertisers know this fact ( which would have
+> rendered all statistics useless, and therefor disrupted the market in a
+> way that Google would no longer earn as much money ).
+>
+> Maybe I am more evil than Microsoft :(
+
+No, I don't think so, although one never knows :)
+
+I think it's logical. The smaller you are the more you need to come up
+with sophisticated ideas to compete with the Big Ones. Microsoft grew
+too big too fast, then all they needed to compete was their sheer
+force. As an elephant does not need smart escape strategies like
+little animals or poison like small snakes. Imagine an elephant with a
+poisonous tooth (set aside that he is a vegetarian).
+
+Microsoft always had a blind spot for such things, they did not
+recognize the internet early enough and they did not recognize the ad
+business early enough. They are nothing more than a very large but
+dumb monster.
+