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Alternatives were available to IE as well (netscape).
by polyfractal 14y ago
Alternatives were available to IE as well (netscape).
- true_religion 14y agoIE won because: (a) It was sincerely better than Netscape at the time (b) It came bundled in with the system (c) It came bundled in with the system because Microsoft chose not to charge ISPs to do.
- youngtaff 14y agoNetscape got themselves in a right mess with two overlapping versions in development Competing on Internet Time (http://amzn.to/QenoYs http://amzn.to/QenoYs) talks about this in detail. It's funny how bundling a browser got MS into trouble but is now de facto. Wonder when Apple hijacking browser links and re-routing them to their own apps e.g. Google Map links to iOS maps app, will be considered monopolistic.