It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Microsoft does it

Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by ricardobeat on Friday May 11, 2012 @06:59PM (#3961900)

Indeed they could, I just said that. This lock might force MS to make IE's engine as good as WebKit. I don't see any problem as long as the standards are kept open and the engine doesn't belong to a single entity.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by rbanffy on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:35PM (#3962304)

You got the lock-in strategy backwards. It exists to allow the incumbent not to improve their products while maximizing their profits because they don't have to compete.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by ricardobeat on Saturday May 12, 2012 @01:34AM (#3962886)

We are talking browsers here, there isn't much differentiation, it's a basic service. Even then, mobile safari is the most advanced one...

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by nextparadigms on Saturday May 12, 2012 @02:59PM (#3964780)

That's how IE6 used to be, too. But because they eliminated all their competition, they didn't have to advance it anymore. It was cheaper and easier to keep it the same.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by rbanffy on Saturday May 12, 2012 @04:11PM (#3964973)

Not Just That. All the incompatibilities kept users locked into IE6 and Windows for a long time.

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Re:It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Micros... by contextfree on Saturday May 12, 2012 @02:57AM (#3963060)

The product here is Windows - the purpose of IE for Microsoft is to help Windows, not vice versa.

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