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Sandra Rivera

CodePlex refresh, FOSS projects more compatible with Windows - 0 views

arstechnica.com/...nnounces-new-board-members.ars

open code microsoft windows

shared by Sandra Rivera on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Sandra Rivera on 16 Mar 10
     
    This is a surprise... I didn't know Microsoft had their own foundation for open code
Sandra Rivera

Firefox, Chrome, Safari have finally killed Internet Explorer - 0 views

www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/...nally_killed_internet_explorer

bowsers explorer open source #ARIN6902

shared by Sandra Rivera on 24 May 10 - Cached
  • IE dropped below 60% — 59.79% to be precise. 59.79% sounds like a lot, but you need to remember that IE comes pre-installed on most computers sold in the world.
  • So, a great percentage of that 40.21% who doesn’t use explorer are people who had to actively do something (see: download another browser and install it) to give IE the boot.
  • It will be hard for IE to get that market share back. The trend is not looking good. Even if the other browsers magically started declining, IE has another problem: the mobile world.
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  • I have only ever met one person in my life with a Windows Mobile phone, and they hated using it.
  • We did it for the browser, and it was quite a challenge. We did it with hard work, advocacy, sweat. We did it for the browser… and we can do the same for the desktop world as a whole.
  • Sandra Rivera on 24 May 10
     
    No, I don't agree that Internet Explorer is dead. However, there has been a significant progress in the adoption of alternative browsers, which is a healthy way to avoid a monopoly in browsers, which are the gate to internet for end users.  The decline in the use of IE thanks to the participation of open source browsers is acknowledged here. 
helen troy

Blue Screen of Death - 1 views

I was working with my school project and doing my part time job at the same time, so it happened that I opened numerous windows and tabs one after another. When all of a sudden my computer displaye...

Need Computer Help

started by helen troy on 07 Jun 11 no follow-up yet
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