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> Spyglass, Inc. licensed Mosaic from NCSA. Microsft licensed Mosaic from Spyglass. Microsoft did make some modifications to Spyglass's "from-scratch" implement
by cxr 6y ago
> Spyglass, Inc. licensed Mosaic from NCSA. Microsft licensed Mosaic from Spyglass. Microsoft did make some modifications to Spyglass's "from-scratch" implementation in order to produce Internet Explorer.
I don't know what point you're trying to make. A reading of your previous comment would lead people to believe that there is some part of NCSA Mosaic lurking under the hood in IE. But IE is based on Spyglass Mosaic, not NCSA Mosaic, which are not the same thing.
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 6y agoThe point I was making is that there could be no Internet Explorer without a license to Mosaic, either from NCSA or from Spyglass. Similarly IMO it is arguable there could be no Chrome without Google first having employees work on Firefox.