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> Bill Gates, […] widely regarded as the crown prince of the World Wide Web I've never heard him referred to as this; what a strange title. So the internet is
by haakon 8y ago
> Bill Gates, […] widely regarded as the crown prince of the World Wide Web
I've never heard him referred to as this; what a strange title. So the internet is a monarchy and Gates will one day inherit the crown?
- philipov 8y agoI think it's intended to be sarcasm.
- sharemywin 8y agoI could see that before IE was under fire from the justice department. Internet Explorer became the new dominant browser, attaining a peak of about 96% of the web browser usage share during 2002, more than Netscape had at its peak. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_wars Browser incompatibilities: The plaintiffs in the antitrust case claimed that Microsoft had added support for ActiveX controls in the Internet Explorer web browser to break compatibility with Netscape Navigator, which used components based on Java and Netscape's own plugin system. On CSS, data:, etc.: A decade after the original Netscape-related antitrust suit, the web browser company Opera Software has filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Union saying it "calls on Microsoft to adhere to its own public pronouncements to support these standards, instead of stifling them with its notorious 'Embrace, Extend and Extinguish' strategy".[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
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