only gives me the result of 1 line break in IE. Whats up with that?

When I put

when the firefox browser shows it, theres 2 lines of text with a blank space between the two. However in IE i have to do

4 times to the the same result of 1 line, 1 space, and another line. Does IE 7 just suck? Can anybody help. I want to make it cross-platform.

only gives me the result of 1 line break in IE. Whats up with that?microsoft downloads

don't use simple html. use tables and better code

only gives me the result of 1 line break in IE. Whats up with that?microsoft word 2003 internet explorer

You're using outdated code and it's being phased out, FF is forgiving your mistake but IE7 won't cause its wrong
Try adding a non-break space tag (%26amp;nb sp; with the space removed) between the break tags. And are you really using a slash / with your BR tag? You shouldn't as it is not required to close a break tag (and if it were the slash belongs before the b, not after the r, /br).