There is a big test approaching for Microsoft in 2007: can they earn back the trust of users? During Gnomedex Todd Bishop from the Seattle PI interviewed Blake Ross who co-created Firefox with Dave Hyatt. As you might expect, Ross provided some juicy Internet Explorer-related quotes. One of which is where he blames Microsoft’s Internet Explorer for being as the headline above says: ‘very directly responsible for adware and spyware.’

Lest we forget that Microsoft intentionally left the most popular brower in the world Internet Explorer gather dust, which later they would regret, apologize and are still trying to repair. Ross said he has seen IE7 and actually liked it but felt it would be a step or two behind Firefox 2.0.

2007 will be the most significant year in Microsoft’s recent history. They have Xbox 360 with a legitimate chance to become the #1 console gaming system — Sony is just letting this happen by being arrogant and not pricing their games or console affordably — not to mention Microsoft’s threatening micropayment strategy (Live Marketplace) if they would ever deploy that widespread. Then there is AdCenter with an opportunity to be either also ran or make a serious dent in the Google Adwords/Adsense territory, a completely revamped web strategy (under the ‘Live’ brand) and the launch of their next generation, but scaled back from original expectation Operating System: Vista.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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