This is only half right. IE was not a decent browser before IE 4 or 5. At that point it became superior to Netscape. The application integration with IE was a

This is only half right. IE was not a decent browser before IE 4 or 5. At that point it became superior to Netscape. The application integration with IE was a mixed bag. Yes it made some cool apps but like the alternative (Java plug-in) it was ridden with bugs/security holes. Maybe even more so because of how tightly it was integrated into the OS. Let’s also remember how Microsoft wanted you to buy their web server that had certain features that would only work with IE. I had hoped that MS was past this kind of thing but it looks like history is repeating itself.