And it came to pass that gavin long wrote:
>>>And because they lost market share becaue web designers
>>>hated designing TWO versions of a page.
>>
>> I thought that Netscape lost market share because they
>> released a grossly buggy browser (I say this as a staunch
>> netscape user) which forced people away from using
>> Netscape, combined with Micro$hit shipping IE with
>> Windows, and automatically installing it when installing
>> Windows, and putting a link directly onto the desktop which
>> could not be removed by normal methods of deleting stuff.
>
> and threatened to destroy (by refusing to sell them windows)
> OEMs who wanted to remove IE and give customers Netscape if
> they wanted it. And many customers DID want Netscape, since
> it was the market leader back then.
>
I really HATE comments taken out of context and then criticized.
While Mama Cass and Gavin are both correct in the methods used
by MS (which I DO clearly mention in the unqouted protion of
text), the fact remains that designers complained loudly about
all the proprietary stuff coming from Netscape. As MS exploited
their monopoly, designers started using that as an excuse to
choose MS compatibility before Netscape compatibility.
This in no way mitigates the illegal and immoral acts commited
by MS.
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}:-) Christopher Jahn
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