The booing wasn't so much about IE. Netscape was still the 800lb gorilla when this deal happened. The booing was about Microsoft. It's hard to explain how mu

The booing wasn't so much about IE. Netscape was still the 800lb gorilla when this deal happened. The booing was about Microsoft. It's hard to explain how much Microsoft was both loathed & feared by a lot of the tech industry, particularly Apple loyalists. In modern terms, his would be akin to Biden, at the DNC, announcing collaboration with the NRA.