# Why does Microsoft care?

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**Created:** [April 26, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-microsoft-care/187146 "2006-04-26T23:19:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Willofdarkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Willofdarkness](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Willofdarkness)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-does-microsoft-care/187146/1 "2006-04-26T23:19:47Z")

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I have been wondering something.

Why does Microsoft care about Firefox and how much it has been spreading?

They don’t make any money off of IE. No one buys Windows just so they can use IE. Why do they spend so much time worrying about a market where the product is free?