[Leaplist] Why Open Source won't work on "Vista computers"

Phil Barnett philb at philb.us
Mon Dec 25 19:13:44 EST 2006


On Monday 25 December 2006 17:53, ray wrote:

> MS is doing a lot of things with Vista to "kill" competition including
> any kind of FOSS and OSS hardware.  It is also trying to kill off small
> business with its IE7 anti-phishing tool.  no small business can get a
> certificate that IE7 will recognize, so my school will NEVER be trusted
> by IE7 and Vista.  Same goes for all of us as people and owners of small
> businesses.
>
> Way to support the little guy Mr. Gates.

I haven't verified that this is true. Assuming it is, how long do you think 
the average public will put up with a browser that can only access .01% of 
the internet?

The fist download will be Firefox or some other browser. IE7 will be relegated 
to accesing back accounts. And that's ok.

-- 
My other computer is your Windows machine


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