November 3, 2004
Bill Gates, Master of the Dystunctional Universe
Some readers have emailed that Internet Explorer does not seem willing to display some graphics on this site. (It also offsets the calendar archive, but that's relatively minor.)
I have two reactions: First of all, the site renders correctly under Netscape, Firefox, and Opera. Mac-centric friends also reports it works under Safari, so this would make IE the odd Bill Gates man out. But second, IE has an undeniable hugely predominant market share, so I will bow to reality and attempt to wrestle this highly irritating Gates-ian imposed hiccup to the ground.
In the meantime, take my advice (and that of Walt Mossberg of the WSJ) and just ditch IE once and for all. Face facts; IE is buggy, consummately virus-prone and insecure, and loves pop-ups and spyware. Do you need this on your desktop? IE is a perfect example of what monopolies wittingly or unwittingly do to the marketplace: Suck all of the "consumer surplus" out of it and appropriate it to themselves.
Redmond editorial over.
The reflective and nuanced "Adam Smith, Esq." will reappear in the next post (assuming it has nothing to do with Microsoft).
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