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OK same kind of idea: Netscape vs Internet Explorer (MS just gave the browser away for free) For a good 6 months Netscape was out "selling" IE but eventually I

by baldfat 10y ago

OK same kind of idea: Netscape vs Internet Explorer (MS just gave the browser away for free) For a good 6 months Netscape was out "selling" IE but eventually IE won the war for a good 15 years.

MikeTLive 10y ago
microsoft publisher - licensed from the authors, rebranded, then given away killing the entire windows market for the original product on windows or any other platform
- cwyers 10y ago
  Source? What was this original product?
bad_user 10y ago
Back then Internet Explorer was the superior product, being fast and clutter free.
- efaref 10y ago
  It's weird, but I really do remember IE4 being great.
  - baldfat 10y ago
    IE4 came out in Sept 1997 vs August 1995 IE. IE4 was the first time that IE was bundled with Windows. There was a ton of development with a huge IE development to catch up and eventually surpass Netscape. FUNNY IE 4 release story: > In October 1997, Internet Explorer 4.0 was released. The release party in San Francisco featured a ten-foot-tall letter "e" logo. Netscape employees showing up to work the following morning found the giant logo on their front lawn, with a sign attached that read "From the IE team ... We Love You". The Netscape employees promptly knocked it over and set a giant figure of their Mozilla dinosaur mascot atop it, holding a sign reading "Netscape 72, Microsoft 18" representing the market distribution. http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html
- baldfat 10y ago
  > Fifteen months ago, the Redmond giant decided to get serious about the Internet. Never too proud to imitate a competitor's success, Microsoft issued its own browser, the Microsoft Explorer, offered it for free over the Net, made deals to ship it with new computers and versions of America Online and CompuServe, and vowed to build Web-browsing into its Windows operating system and business software. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970311&slug=2528165 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... Let's not forget that IE was actually a bought product by MS: > The first iteration of the Internet Explorer platform shipped on August 16, 1995 but was essentially a rehash for an existing product called Spyglass Mosaic which Microsoft had licensed. IE was originally shipped to retail as part of the “Internet Jumpstart Kit” but could also be pre-installed with a new Windows 95 PC. http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-version-1-10-a-dive-through-history http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-version-1-10-a-...
peteri 10y ago
Netscape at that time was very buggy I couldn't print to a HP laser jet on windows via a netware print queue. It's why I gave up on it.

by baldfat 10y ago

OK same kind of idea: Netscape vs Internet Explorer (MS just gave the browser away for free) For a good 6 months Netscape was out "selling" IE but eventually IE won the war for a good 15 years.

MikeTLive 10y ago

microsoft publisher - licensed from the authors, rebranded, then given away killing the entire windows market for the original product on windows or any other platform

cwyers 10y ago
Source? What was this original product?

bad_user 10y ago

Back then Internet Explorer was the superior product, being fast and clutter free.

efaref 10y ago
It's weird, but I really do remember IE4 being great.
- baldfat 10y ago
  IE4 came out in Sept 1997 vs August 1995 IE. IE4 was the first time that IE was bundled with Windows. There was a ton of development with a huge IE development to catch up and eventually surpass Netscape. FUNNY IE 4 release story: > In October 1997, Internet Explorer 4.0 was released. The release party in San Francisco featured a ten-foot-tall letter "e" logo. Netscape employees showing up to work the following morning found the giant logo on their front lawn, with a sign attached that read "From the IE team ... We Love You". The Netscape employees promptly knocked it over and set a giant figure of their Mozilla dinosaur mascot atop it, holding a sign reading "Netscape 72, Microsoft 18" representing the market distribution. http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html
baldfat 10y ago
> Fifteen months ago, the Redmond giant decided to get serious about the Internet. Never too proud to imitate a competitor's success, Microsoft issued its own browser, the Microsoft Explorer, offered it for free over the Net, made deals to ship it with new computers and versions of America Online and CompuServe, and vowed to build Web-browsing into its Windows operating system and business software. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19970311&slug=2528165 http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=199... Let's not forget that IE was actually a bought product by MS: > The first iteration of the Internet Explorer platform shipped on August 16, 1995 but was essentially a rehash for an existing product called Spyglass Mosaic which Microsoft had licensed. IE was originally shipped to retail as part of the “Internet Jumpstart Kit” but could also be pre-installed with a new Windows 95 PC. http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-version-1-10-a-dive-through-history http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-explorer-version-1-10-a-...

peteri 10y ago

Netscape at that time was very buggy I couldn't print to a HP laser jet on windows via a netware print queue. It's why I gave up on it.