Randall Parker wrote:
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>In particular, take each point rev of Moz (v0.92, v0.93 and so on) and
>install it on machines of a large group of current MS IE v5.5 and above
>users. Come back a week later. Ask each user whether they are using IE or
>Moz. Once a Moz release reaches the point where some percentage (eg 50%) of
>those who have access to both browsers decide to use Moz instead of IE then
>use that as an indication that Moz is now good enough to be released at the
>v1.0 level.
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That is a ridiculous idea. Most people will stick with what is more or
most familiar to them irrespective of the product, therefore, since most
people have become accustomed to IE, they will stick with it. Most
people did not actually choose to use IE as opposed to the then dominant
Netscape 4.x ... their computers came with IE preinstalled and with a
label that read Internet under it's icon. (that was one of many reasons
and as the MS vs US trial showed through MS own executives mouths they
were convinced they were not going to win the browser wars based on
quality or features
I put myself as an example, i have Lotus Word Pro Millenium and Word
2000 in my computers at work and home, and guess what, 99.9% I use Word
Pro because I am very familiar with it ... I admit that it is not
coincidental that I find it much superior to Word2000 in many areas
(labels, formatting, collaboration)
