Microsoft asks Web developers to “bet on us”
Microsoft Corp asked software developers to “bet on us” as it began making test versions available of Internet Explorer 8, an upgraded version of the main software used to browse the Web.At Microsoft’s MIX08 conference on Wednesday, the company’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, said the Web was at the center of everything Microsoft was doing as it seeks to expand beyond the desktop business it dominates.
“I know today that you have many amazing technology choices available to you, but I’d like you to bet on us,” Ozzie told an audience of Web developers.
Microsoft has been pushing for a “software plus services” strategy that uses the Internet to augment traditional software that runs on a computer’s hard drive.
Ozzie also extended an olive branch to Yahoo Inc, the Web pioneer that Microsoft is targeting in a unsolicited takeover offer, saying Yahoo has “creative people and interesting online properties.”
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft provided a first look at Internet Explorer 8. IE 7 was released in October 2006.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser is used by three-quarters of the world’s Web users, far more than Mozilla’s Firefox, which has a 17 percent share of the market, and Apple Inc’s Safari with 6 percent, according to data from Web site analytics company Net Applications.
The browser is also part of the ongoing battle between Microsoft and arch-rival Google Inc.
Source: reuters
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