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do you have a source for that? I always thought MS realized how important the internet was going to be before most people, they just never were able to figure o
by mattbriggs 16y ago
do you have a source for that? I always thought MS realized how important the internet was going to be before most people, they just never were able to figure out in what ways.
- rbanffy 16y ago> I always thought MS realized how important the internet was going to be before most people Maybe they realized how important the internet would be, but they were very late to the web, and that's what made the internet important after all. Microsoft's vision was of its private Compuserve-like Microsoft Network to be installed on every Windows desktop computer and accessible from anywhere. I am sure they were into TCP/IP and packet-switched networking, but... that's not what made the internet the transformative force it is now. I think I have a Blackbird developer kit somewhere in one of my move-leftover boxes somewhere. It's sad to say, but once, a long, long time ago, I was on the Other Side of the Force...
- mattbriggs 16y agoThats a good point. Platform control has always been hugely important to them, the "internet as an extension to windows" would be a good way to describe their internet strategy from the start. Contrast that with someone like google, who cornered the ad market and now just tries to encourage web usage in any way.