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That´s good learning by Microsoft: In the 1990s they "competed" against Netscape with the "free" web browser... it was shocking that they gave it for free, but
by xtracto 6y ago
That´s good learning by Microsoft: In the 1990s they "competed" against Netscape with the "free" web browser... it was shocking that they gave it for free, but in reality they were buying eyeballs.
Nowadays, they have seen that if they provide software as "open source", and not only "free", not only do they get eyeballs, they also get "feel good" points from the community, and I assume they use that to attract customers to their revenue streams (Azure I guess).
- josefx 6y ago> it was shocking that they gave it for free It certainly shocked the developers of its engine. They licensed it to Microsoft for a share of the profit and ended up suing Microsoft over that stunt.
- xtracto 6y agoThat's very interesting! Do you happen to have any reference where I can read more about it? (a search on internet explorer profit licensed lawsuit didn't show anything relevant).
- josefx 6y agoThey may not have actually sued, just threatened Microsoft with an audit.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyglass,_Inc.#Browser_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyglass,_Inc.#Browser_wars