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> "Microsoft lost to the web." But not because Apple won anything. Nor would things be much different today, for Apple, if 99% of desktop PCs were still runnin
by roc 15y ago
> "Microsoft lost to the web."
But not because Apple won anything.
Nor would things be much different today, for Apple, if 99% of desktop PCs were still running IE. (If anything, problematic web standards would push more focus to the App Store.)
- extension 15y agoIf IE had 99% market share today, it would presumably have been because Microsoft's plan to proprietize the web was a success. Dependence on ActiveX, VBScript, and whatnot would have made non-Windows web gadgets technically infeasible.
- roc 15y agoI don't know about infeasible. It would've looked a lot more like the cell phone market used to. That is, you could leverage the internet to positive effect, but only if you controlled the front-end and the back-end, ala RIM. And Apple could and did do that; albeit their branded services weren't adopted very highly out of the gate as people had choices. But the iPhone still could have happened.