Interesting quote
A quote I found from here -- worth having a look.
Microsoft's John Carroll says Firefox users, the open source community, all of us owe Redmond an enormous debt of gratitude:
"For all those who lament the pre-inclusion of Internet Explorer, it's worth noting that if IE WASN'T pre-installed, most people wouldn't be able to download all that IM, media playing, or even alternative browsers such as Firefox. In other words, if IE wasn't pre-included with Windows, the market for software -- including open source software targeted at desktop computers -- might actually shrink."