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When in doubt: whois ie6countdown.com Sure, but how many people know how to do that? Or even how to find out that information on the web?
by maw 16y ago
When in doubt: whois ie6countdown.com
Sure, but how many people know how to do that? Or even how to find out that information on the web?
- apgwoz 16y agoThat's why I supplied the information.
- redthrowaway 16y agoThat's not the point. The point was to let visitors to the site know that this is a Microsoft effort. We can figure it out, they likely can't.
- iwwr 16y agoA lot of users don't understand the concept of a browser. 'Internet Explorer' is that thing they use to get to their internet. "What the hell is this Morzilla, I want my Internet!"
- redthrowaway 16y agoThey probably wouldn't be visiting ie6countdown.com.
- apgwoz 16y agoWhy does it really matter if Microsoft says it? Say you were interviewing someone and their resume looks great. You talk to them and feel the same way, and are ready to hire them. The fact that Knuth calls you and says, "this was my best student in 20 years" is only icing on the cake--you were going to hire him anyway.
- redthrowaway 16y agoIt's a good PR move for MS, and one that will hopefully help them in their apparent goal to win devs back over. More importantly, for some random stumbling across the site, a prominent statement that this is MS's idea would be more likely to get them to upgrade than if it appeared to be some random site. The IE8 bit is highly unfortunate, though.
- weego 16y agoThe point being that if Ford tells you your Toyota is dangerous then you are likely to ignore them due to bias, but if Toyota tell you your Toyota is dangerous you would listen. A car analogy? I spend too much time on /.
- notyourwork 16y agoYes great analogy. He totally missed the point.
- Sakes 16y agoI don't understand how jokes (while funny) and snide comments get upvoted more than relevant information. I upvoted your whois post. Thanks for saving me whois time.