Will IE7 help boost Firefox popularity?
Windows Genuine Advantage programme does have some slightly unintended advantages when it comes to non-Microsoft browser proliferation.
I am not a Windows user so haven’t been too excited about getting a new Microsoft browser, but I do have to support the things. To this end, I fired up my old XP machine to install Internet Explorer 7 – now that it’s out of beta. I was quite shocked/pleased to see that they aren’t allowing installs without having first run the Windows Genuine Advantage validator (and yes, I know that ‘advantage’ is stretching their promise somewhat.)
Does this mean that all the users who’ve had problems with WGA validation, or actually don’t have genuine copies of Windows XP will never get to have IE7? And will they head to Firefox instead (if they haven’t already)?
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