the hacker said:

And decreasing every day.

not nearly fast enough, though. :+) and given that today's machines will likely serve their owners needs -- i.e., do e-mail -- for the next decade, it's gonna be a long haul.

Users aren't using MSIE because it is the superior product

d'uh... ;+)

they're using it because they have no idea there are significanly more secure, functional, compliant browser alternatives out there

there are a lot of things that users "don't know". but unless you're willing to actually inform them -- which can be a _tremendously_ difficult job -- then you must accept that if you want to be of service to them, then you have to work within their limitations. project gutenberg wants to be of service to people; that's why it has been the most successful e-library. the alternative -- favored by most techies, it seems -- is to leave people behind. that's fine if you want to be a minority. i have been a mac user for a very long time, so that tells you where i stand on that matter personally. but know that people aren't going to be writing you letters thanking you for what you've done, like they do michael hart.

and because it came with their pee-cee, with a nice convenient icon right on their desktop.

monopolies suck, don't they... feel free to fight the power, but know that 85% of those 93% won't be bothered to follow you... -bowerbird