why is IE supported?

[leecovuk]

(Jan. 16, 2009 11:08 PM)bugger Wrote:  I don't think they choose IE. I must have missed the day when windows boots for the first time and ask me if i wanted IE or netscape. I think IE was shoved down their throat and they decided to live with it

Yes, I would also guess that the majority of the public don't know that the thing they use to surf the internet is called a browser, let alone there being alternatives.