Since Microsoft bundles their OS with Internet Explorer, one would assume that a greater majority of internet users would be using the browser and as sales of the Microsoft OS, whether OEM or full product, continue to rise, so should IE users as well. Surprisingly (or not), this isn’t the case.

Marketshare of the infamous IE has somewhat leveled of at around 20%-27 % while Mozilla’s Firefox is slowly but surely gaining popularity now with 13%-16%. In the face of obvious threat breathing down Microsoft’s neck, what do they do? In the hopes of getting more individuals to start using Internet Explorer, they have removed the WGA check which, for all intents and purposes, blocks pirates from downloading the latest iteration of Internet Explorer, IE 7.

Similar to how I’m peeved at how Windows hangs or crashes at the most inopportune moments, IE suffers from the same problems. Instead of addressing such obvious glitches in the program, they remove WGA so more people will get irritated with IE and shift to FireFox or any similar browser that proves to be more stable and is continuously being improved as we speak. Way to go Microsoft!