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Posted by Galen on April 22, 2006, 2:44 am
Please log in for more thread options Cindy Winegarden had this to say:
My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
> Hi,
>
> The problem is, it seems ludicrous that Microsoft would customize
> something such as a toolbar to work with other browsers. Why would
> they want to invest programming time and dollars to make it easy to
> use a competing product?
> I recall their making a deal with Yahoo where MSN Messenger could
> access Yahoo's IM accounts, but that causes people to use MSN
> Messenger when they might otherwise not use it, and MSN Messenger has
> advertising they want you to see.
>
> You can use Outlook to access a GMail account but you've paid money
> for Outlook, and they want you to buy licenses to use the Outlook
> client, steering you away from needing to use a non-Microsoft client
> to access POP3 email.
>
>
>
>> wow, thanks for such a stupid answer. that was exactly what i was
>> looking for. jerk.
>
>>>> Anyone know when MSN is going to come out with a toolbar compatible
>>>> with firefox?
Thank you for explaining it to them though I don't think they'll understand.
<g> Though you explained it far better than I. I figured mine was pretty
accurate and easy to understand and that they'd be aware that the two
products are competing against one another and that best business practices
don't include doing things like, oh, giving people additional reasons to use
their competetor instead of themselves. Go figure? (I'll reply to them and
maybe they'll explain what they were thinking.)
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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes
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