[LUNI] IE Most Influential Tech Product of Last 25 Years?

[Robert Smith]

According to a recent CompTIA survey, Micro$oft's Internet Explorer was voted the most influential technology product of the last 25 years. You can be sure that Microsoft will get every milimeter of publicity out of this that it can, even though the survey only polled the opinions of 471 people. NCSA's Mosaic should have scored the numero uno slot if web browsing was the criteria used by the voters to pick IE. Without Mosaic, there would be no IE, or FireFox for that matter. Both IE and FireFox (through Netscape Navigator) can trace their parentage back to the browser developed at NCSA.
   
  The survey listed three other M$ products in the top five, including Word, Windows 95, and Excel, which tied with Apple's iPod. The top ten included Blackberry, Adobe Photoshop, McAfee VirusScan, Netscape Navigator, and the Palm Pilot.
   
  It sure shows who voted, that Linus's kernel project didn't crack the top ten, yet the iPod made it into the top five. Makes you wonder what CompTIA is using for servers.
   
  Anyway, here's a link to the article...
   
  http://www.comptia.org/pressroom/get_pr.aspx?prid=1262 
   
  It is interesting to note that 471 respondents is probably but a fraction of a percent of the number of people walking around with CompTIA certifications. I wonder how many hold Linux+ certs?
   
  Rob Smith