"Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" <mikehall@mvps.org> wrote in
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general...

    True.  Because everything is everyone else's fault.

    More and more, Microsoft is starting to remind me of a bunch
of drunks...

-  They're arrogant.
-  They blame the problems they create on everyone else.
-  They can't fix their problem, because they won't admit they have a
problem.
-  They think they know everything, even though things under their
control are in disarray.
-  They go to lots of meetings, but when they come out, they're still
screwed up.

    If they can make up a 12 step program for people who shop too
much, I'm sure they can come up with one for those who pray to the
Northwest.

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Glenn S.
Non-computer nerd user of IE6.

If you don't like Internet Explorer 7, and want to go back to IE6,
go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.  
Find Windows Internet Explorer 7, highlight it, and click "Remove".
That will take you back to IE6. The roll-back process worked
for me, for which I am grateful to Microsoft.

It's not getting any better for you..

You showed people an operating system about which you know zero, and they
liked what they saw.. well, I saw and liked the new style Greyhound bus, but
I am not about to start driving one..

Your friend's time spent with Unix is completely irrelevant to any topic in
here, and your associate, met in a newsgroup,  is going to need more than
'Ubuntu Week' to show you the Linux ropes..

You have posted a link to a site that criticizes MS re. innovations, and how
MS acquired other stuff.. MS never claim to be inventors, but they are
innovators, and have brought together enough stuff and given it a good
polishing such that people like you can get into a computer and do something
half meaningful. And what were your remarks on the posted site? That MS
stole a whole bunch of stuff? Read the wording on the website, and you will
see that they legitimately acquired stuff, either by buying or agreeing
rights. Many companies do this. It is a shortcut to getting technology or a
product that will enhance the range already offered. If you do a bit of
surfing, you will find that the competing Office Suites did exactly the
same, but with way less style.

So how do you see your credibility rating?

People like me come here to try to help people get a better computing
experience from MS products. We all do it voluntarily. Much as people like
you try to thwart us, many leave here with their problems fixed. Of course,
there will always be those that can't be helped for one reason or another.

Re. IE7, I have installed it in a few computers now, and have had no problem
so doing. Yes, the look has changed, and No, it is not too customizable, but
it is a very capable browser and will become everything and more than ever
IE6 was. One has to remember that when IE6 was intro'd, there were more than
a few pages that wouldn't resolve because the pages had been coded to look
exclusively for IE5. Some complained that there was nothing much new and how
come it looked like the old one. Others griped about not having enough
viewing space, and no tabs like FF. IE7 has the features that people wanted,
but there are some who are just never happy, and have to try to find fault.

MS is not perfect, but they do try and have succeeded where others haven't.
If Steve Jobs had the business acumen of Bill Gates, you would no doubt be
taking shots at Mac stuff, but history tells another story.If you are going
to come here, at least try to be helpful. I ask this not for myself, but the
those who come here for help in using IE, be it whatever version.

And before you suggest that I may be losing self control (never yet seen by
anybody), ensure that you are not about to lose yours.