Desktop dictatorship: Corporate Australia still prefers Internet Explorer
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"What you won't find, however, when you ask this
question in Australia's technology sector, is many people who
profess to love Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
"It was long-term criticism of Internet Explorer's
non-standards-compliant features, bugs and lack of development,
after all, that led to the explosion in the popularity of
alternatives throughout the past half-decade. And despite rapid
improvements in the browser's capabilities since that time, many
technology enthusiasts still maintain bad memories of the
software.
"And yet there is one place in Australia that Internet Explorer
remains firmly entrenched, with barely any rivals to challenge its
virtual monopoly: On the desktops of the nation's large business
and government entities."
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