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Originally Posted by Jerrek
That is like asking "What if you are immortal?" It isn't going to happen and at best it is a fantasy you can dream about.
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I suspect that's exactly the sort of attitude Netscape had before IE became top.
It also shows the complete lack of being prepared for any future events that has hurt many companies (one example Digital Research's refusal to port CP/M to the PC because the "PC has no future", hence IBM having to go to their second choice, Microsoft, to develop an OS).
Anyway, just to make it clear, I think that although PC's and Macs are the main way of accessing the Internet now, I don't think that will be necessarily the case in the future (especially with Internet access being built into an increasing number of consumer electronic devices). It is entirely possible that Microsoft will not convert IE to whatever device is used most to connect to the Internet.
Regarding use of IE, I think, as Xaccers says, that regardless of whether IE is standards compliant or not, people will use it because it is built into their operating systems. Although any one of us probably knows enough to download, install and use another browser, the chances are that Joe Soap (a miscellaneous member of the public) would probably not know these browsers exist. If he/she did, they would probably not know where to download them, and also are not likely to bother to switch unless the browser offers a significant improvement.