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Compared to what? What if instead (to fill the void) there was a completely dominant internet app/document framework/standard by old-world Microsoft that uses a
by quickthrower2 5y ago
Compared to what? What if instead (to fill the void) there was a completely dominant internet app/document framework/standard by old-world Microsoft that uses a Word97 compatible binary format and an browser called “IE”, with the only alternative being a copycat open source version of that which is broken on Linux by changes in the IE. We would really want the WWW we have on this universe!
- smilespray 5y agoThe comment is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
- irrational 5y agoIs it possible that someone is geeky enough to comment on HN, but not be familiar with HHGTTG?
- _Nat_ 5y agoThat's the Infinite-Probability-Drive for ya.
- quickthrower2 5y agoI read it decades ago I don’t remember all the quotes
- zozbot234 5y agoThat's what The Microsoft Network was, actually. It was the default Internet service included in Windows 95, before Windows 98 got IE integration.