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"Microsoft is synonymous with software that you use on your desktop" This is insightful. While some of us geeks have a grudge against Microsoft, most people do
by billybob 15y ago
"Microsoft is synonymous with software that you use on your desktop"
This is insightful. While some of us geeks have a grudge against Microsoft, most people don't. They probably do, however, have a mental separation between the desktop and the web.
Microsoft was slow to embrace the web because it threatens their core products. So the web grew without them. Now they're saying, "oh, we're on the web, too!" But when people think of the web, they don't think of Microsoft. They missed the chance to make that association. And it's hard to get it back.
- patio11 15y agoThey probably do, however, have a mental separation between the desktop and the web. I think most users couldn't describe the difference between these two if their life depended on it, FWIW. Ever met someone who referred to Excel as a web site?
- euroclydon 15y agoYes, for the two CWC customers who managed to find my phone number and call me, my question, "What web browser are you using?" was met with a long pause.
- rmc 15y agoThey were probably using Google for their internet, but they might not have installed a browser yet.
- libraryatnight 15y agoA startling number of people believe that the internet IS Internet Explorer.
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- RyanMcGreal 15y agoI suspect that for most general users the web still equates with the big blue "e".
- robert_nsu 15y agoI wish I had a nickel for every time someone told me the blue "E" has gone missing from their desktop.