I'm not a conspiracy theorist so I am not trying to suggest that this type of thing falls into that category. In fact this could very easily just be Microsoft stating "We're not going through this crap again. We're done!" silent though such a statement would have to be. I really am just trying to understand why there has always been such a hard dotted stance on the subject of future upgrades to IE 6 and simply wonder if there are other ideas or even facts that need to be considered before we point the finger at the proclaimed Evil Empire as yet another reason why Gates and Company inherently hates us, the consumer and would prefer us to pay our licensing fees and then go away for 2 years until they tell us we can come back for a visit as long as we bring $99 dollars and something to burn as an offering before we leave again.



More than anything I am hoping to gain a better understanding and if turns out that the reason is simply because they won the war and no longer care then I will most defintely change my overall viewpoint to accept the fact that maybe there is a bit of evilness over yonder in Redmond, WA. But, again, I completely agree with your points so thank you for bringing these to light a bit more as I had kind of set them aside when I took up points against Mr. Lie which he has since very graciously responded, even with a bit of humor or at least accpeptance of my comment regarding his name. Gotta' respect an executive who can roll with the punches and still stand his ground. Very commendable for sure!



Thanks for helping me to keep things straight



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