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Did they ever invest much into it? As far as I understand they got the core components from Spyglass Inc. and avoided paying licensing fees by giving it away fo
by josefx 3y ago
Did they ever invest much into it? As far as I understand they got the core components from Spyglass Inc. and avoided paying licensing fees by giving it away for free.
- couchand 3y agoSounds like they avoided paying licensing fees by not paying licensing fees and then acting surprised when called on it. https://archive.ph/20120919002551/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/microsoft-and-spyglass-kiss-and-make-up.aspx https://archive.ph/20120919002551/http://www.windowsitpro.co...
- dale_glass 3y agoWasn't it that the Spyglass deal was MS paying a percentage of revenue, and MS releasing IE for free, so that Spyglass got to keep a percentage of $0?
- Pixie_Dust 3y ago> Feels like when Microsoft licensed Mosaic from Spyglass to become Internet Explorer, and a chunk of the compensation was tied to a fraction of revenue from Internet Explorer. Of course Microsoft gave IE away as part of Windows so IE never had any revenue associated directly with it. Eventually MS did settle a lawsuit brought by Spyglass for $8 million to make the issue go away https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27999293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27999293