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Netscape would crash literally every half hour, on every platform. Was that MSFT's fault? IE actually was the better product at the time.
by icedchai 2y ago
Netscape would crash literally every half hour, on every platform. Was that MSFT's fault? IE actually was the better product at the time.
- vlovich123 2y agoCitation needed. https://www.savetz.com/articles/nie11.html https://www.savetz.com/articles/nie11.html is a contemporaneous article that suggests the browsers were pretty equal in terms of stability and speed. The monopoly position Microsoft exploited in their OS to push IE and then business deals and mind share to solidify it by extending web standards in MS-only ways (eg activex) seems to really be the difference.
- iamthirsty 2y agoIn your cited source: > Some people say that Netscape is less stable, others that IE is less stable
- vlovich123 2y agoHow does that support the claim that IE is more stable and thus the better product?