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Netscape never charged users. Perhaps you’re thinking of Opera. The reasons IE won over Netscape are many, but bundling with dominant OS and embracing/extendin
by BillyBreen 8y ago
Netscape never charged users. Perhaps you’re thinking of Opera.
The reasons IE won over Netscape are many, but bundling with dominant OS and embracing/extending standards such that sites only worked in IE was a big part of it. Heck, there was a whole antitrust case about just that.
- dep_b 8y ago> Netscape never charged users. Perhaps you’re thinking of Opera. No Netscape would officially cost you US$49 until 1998.
- BillyBreen 8y agoWow, I had no recollection of that. My mistake.
- icedchai 8y ago"Officially", Netscape had a "free trial" for 90 days. In reality, I personally don't know one person who actually paid. Some companies did buy corporate licenses. https://www.fastcompany.com/27743/nothing-netscape https://www.fastcompany.com/27743/nothing-netscape
- rustcharm 8y agoHere's an article stating that Netscape charged $49. It was in PC Magazine October 22, 1996 https://books.google.com/books?id=sjA_WJ82CSsC&lpg=PA102&dq=%22Netscape%20Browser%22%20%2449&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=sjA_WJ82CSsC&lpg=PA102&dq=... @dang can you edit/delete the parent comment? No need to spread lies here!