IE the standard
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- winter0
It's like saying White People are the "standard" in the USA, so we won't let any blacks, mexicans, or asians into our stores.
Juliet
(May 30 06, 08:21)
--------------------------------here's a nice example of demagogic reasoning, invoking stuff that has nothing to do with the subject matter.
From my in-job experience i'm sure companies prefer IE because they are buying computers, licenses and microsoft server solutions from re-sellers who are somewhat reluctant in running/installing other opensource database solutions except MS specific or compliant. From the re-sellers point of view, there's a lot of benefit in controlling what your client does with his server. They probably get special bargains for a given number of clients on MS solutions they can control.
that's why FF and open-source philosophy is more popular with independant business and small firms. Not because it's better, but because it's free, which gives you a sense of being as able as the big ones and morally free from defect.
in the end, it's just business: the benefit/cost relation. not anything else.