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Story: Firefox users won't be buying on Windows Live shoppingTotal Replies: 4
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r_a_trip

May 04, 2006
7:05 AM EDT 		Firefox users won't be buying on Windows Live shopping

And this is negative how? Less business for MS, is less dominance. Less dominance is good.
dthacker

May 04, 2006
8:41 AM EDT 		If users want the bargains badly enough, they will go ahead and use IE. It might be enough to persuade them to return to IE as their default browser. That would not be a plus in my book.
jimf

May 04, 2006
9:41 AM EDT 		Yet another suit against MS? Restraint of trade or whatever? I really see this as a problem for MS.
tuxchick2

May 04, 2006
10:09 AM EDT 		Given the huge number of Internet shopping sites, MS has an uphill battle to succeed anyway. What do they offer to make them more attractive than Amazon, Newegg, Half.com, Tower Records, Powell's Books, Land's End, LL Bean, etc.? All of the great online shopping sites offer fast cheap/free shipping, ease of use, liberal return policies, and good values. You know, all those features that are alien to the Microshaft mentality.

I fired up my XP box and tried the site, and it crashed aieee hard, and took Windows down with it. What little I saw of it was a typical "portal" site, with the latest Tom Cruise news and other junk. But don't be surprised if it succeeds, all they need is a link on the desktop of every dommed PC they sell.

**edit** OK I got aiee to stay up a couple minutes longer. Man, they are trying to do everything- auctions, retail, and Pricewatch-type stuff. Whatever.
pendraco

May 05, 2006
4:23 AM EDT 		Yep... stee-rike [102,398] on the new "we're cooperating with open-source" pitch. :-p

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