Used both IE and FF. FF is clean and superb. I switched to FF. Then sadly went back to IE. Some good bad habits are hard to die. Does not mean I care for IE. Go for FF.
Who will kill MS?
For past 4 yrs., MS stock is static. MS now has a 'huckster' and notorius rep. in the tech. mart. 1000's of tech Prof.'s, Grad's and Teacher's have taken a principled stand against MS. The message is catching in a trickle down way. 100's of 1000's of freshly minted tech's are coming into the market pre-loaded with anti MS. then there is the Google's, Yahoo's, Linux, Obuntu, Red Hat (anyone know why Red Hat, Mandrake etc. don't put in a 100,000 man 'call center' helpdesk shop in India, and take over Global market with live, 24/365 always on help. Any desi Co. upto the task?) and other's like FF of this world. Methinks MS is a old gen, sunset Co. now. Even the boss gave-up and retired. Better to walk off into the sunset with some dignity intact before they come tar and feather you, no!
Lard ass big biz and fat, lazy gov.s are MS's cash cows. Everyone knows these are fickle customers.