I was browsing Amazon shopping for a random item when I came across the following advertisements promotion Internet Explorer 8 as the “optimized for Amazon” way to “click, shop, and browse.” Check out the following ads, which showed up for me when I was using the Chrome browser:

While Amazon no doubt has the right to promote whatever browser it prefers, allying itself with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is the worst choice. Google Chrome is on the up-and-up, innovating a new faster web browsing experience, and capturing market share from Microsoft and Firefox. While Microsoft might be able to pay cash for coveted ads on Amazon’s massive web properties, Amazon, a company founded on Open Source software should be supporting and nurturing other open source technologies. Webkit might be the next renderer in it’s third-generation colour Kindle tablets–a technology that Google has heavily contributed to through its Chrome project. In the long run, Amazon would be better served promoting the open source software that powers its commercial success.

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2 Responses to “Amazon.com Promoting Internet Explorer 8?”

1. Hugo says:

   7/22/2010 at 6:50 am

   And it’s not just Amazon.

   http://twitter.com/hugovk/status/19242165777
   http://twitter.com/hugovk/status/19245471659

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2. Marco Hernandez says:

   5/15/2010 at 1:57 pm

   the question ti’s not why Amazon is promoting Microsoft. Ti’s How much money did Microsoft pay Amazon

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