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> Then MS bought Spyglass (or something) This is actually kind of an amazing story when you dig into it. Microsoft licensed Spyglass -- which was the commercia
by chipotle_coyote 5y ago
> Then MS bought Spyglass (or something)
This is actually kind of an amazing story when you dig into it. Microsoft licensed Spyglass -- which was the commercialized version of the original Mosaic -- on a royalty basis. Microsoft's version of Spyglass was Internet Explorer 1.0, part of the commercial "Microsoft Plus!" package. But then Microsoft released IE separately for free, and when it was bundled with Windows, a bit of accounting sleight-of-hand treated it as $0 direct revenue (after all, it's just freeware they're not making you download separately, right?). So, the royalty payment to Spyglass became: $0. They still paid a fairly small flat minimum, but that was it.
- fartcannon 5y agoAmazing? You mean despicable. Like pretty much everything Microsoft has ever done.
- gen220 5y agoIn case you or others are not aware: "amazing" and "awesome" are commonly-inferred as having positive connotations in the native-english-speaking-world, but the dictionary definitions of these words have no such connotations. Amazing: causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing. Awesome: extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear. So, "Amazing" is not incompatible with "Despicable". It's like a magnitude without a direction (whereas "despicable" is magnitude and direction).
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoRight. One could fairly describe both Casablanca and Tommy Wiseau's The Room as amazing movies, but for markedly different reasons. :)
- fartcannon 5y agoThanks, the intent of my comment was to apply the 'direction', as you described it. Amazing's common usage was too ambiguous for this topic for me. :)