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   Doug G to dave   
   Re: 99% of inet people use IE I've been    
   06 Aug 05 17:35:46   
   
   From: doug4179@comcast.net   
      
   dave wrote:   
   > I just emailed a company to tell them their ordering system does not work   
   > correctly on NN7.xxx and Moz. They replied that   
   >   
   > "99% of people now use IE", and that   
   >   
   > "it would not be financially worth re-writing the program for the odd   
   browsers   
   > which are somewhat outdated in their approach"   
   >   
   > Are these statements correct? I'm not trying to start a browser war/flame but   
   > I'd be amazed if those statement were correct. Anyone have any concrete data   
   to   
   > the contrary or to conform what they say? I can of course understand they   
   don't   
   > want to re-write software for finacial reasons - but I simply would like to   
   know   
   > though if the 99% figure is anywhere near correct?   
   >   
   > thanks   
   >   
      
   Do a Google search for "browser statistics" and see what you come up   
   with.  Figures I've seen indicate that MSIE has an 85-90% share.   
      
   If a company wants to exclude 10-15% of its potential customers, it must   
   be run by a bunch of morons.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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