Not really a smart move for a news website (Score 1)

This is a particularly stupid idea by msn considering that this is the main portal a lot of people go to in order to get to major websites, including msnbc. While I haven't checked out whether MSNBC still works with Opera or Mozilla, it appears to me that not allowing people to view your website based upon their browser will only decrease your viewer base. If MS wants to get good publicity for all of their web initiatives, it would only make sense to try to get the word out to everyone. This includes people with other browser software besides IE.

This is one of those blatant attempts at controlling a user's desktop that even the office secretary will be pissed off by this...provided that he/she is not currently using IE.

Anyways, I'm curious as to if it will stay closed to other browsers or if pressure will force them to change it.