This may be true. Sadly it seems Microsoft, though no longer best in class, is getting to be a bully. Somehow they insinuate themselves everywhere there's computers and say "if you don't use Microsoft and make it standard so no other software can run, you will lose. We are the biggest software company on Earth, you must obey."
Microsoft is an easy platform to use, unfortunately it isn't the best platform to use. In the latest release of IE(7) and Firefox too, they have implemented tabbed browsing. However, they do not do this as good as a Norwegian browser called Opera. None of them has the same ability to change settings to match the user's preferences either.

I wished to include the link to Opera's website, but thought I'd better not, as I can't figure out whether that be spamming. It's free and it's not mine, nor does it require membership, though you can get e-mail from them. Still, I prefer keeping on the safe side.