On Monday 22 October 2001 16:02, John Hokanson Jr. wrote: > On Monday 22 October 2001 04:07 pm, you wrote: > > On Monday 22 October 2001 05:11 pm, you wrote: > > > On Monday 22 October 2001 02:50 pm, you wrote: > > > > In reply to Eric Baber's words, written Mon, 22 Oct 2001 > > > > 17:07:10 +0100 > > > > > > > > Spoken like a true newbie. Linux and Microsoft do not mix. > > > > > > Could we PLEASE be a little nicer to the poor guy. > > > > > > They *DO* have IE for non-Microsoft operating systems. I believe > > > Sun has a variant, and they were doing one for HP-UX. > > > > Don't forget MacOS and MacOSX. The latter could qualify as a form > > of Unix. > > > > I wonder why MS sees Linux as a threat and not these other Unices. > > I suppose since it can run on the x86? > > I think a better question is, would Linux users even use a MS product, > or would they find it too revolting? > > I personally believe that Microsoft Internet Explorer is the best web > browser out there. > > For any platform. > > Period. > > I was watching intently in the mid to late 90s, and I can tell you > right now that MS *DID NOT* attain their position in the browser war > entirely by unscrupulous means. They were well on their way even > before they started bundling it with Win98. MSIE 3.x would tear > anything else apart. And when AOL bought out Netscape, the > writing was on the wall. Hopefully the Mozilla folks can actually turn > things around. > > MS had the better product. It's as simple as that. MSIE became leaner > and more stable, while Netscape became incresingly more bloated and > buggy. > > You'll note that virtually NOBODY on this list has recommended > Netscape as a browser under Linux. They all recommend things like > Ghaleon, Opera, or even Lynx before Netscape. > > I personally would not mind a version of MSIE under Linux if it > works as well as it does under Windows. I think the original poster > merely wants to bring ome of the more solid Windows applications > over to help ease his migration. He hardly should be flamed for > that. > > - John > >
Well on their way? They obtained the code from another company who had made it as a variant of the Mosaic client. The deal was for a "percentage of sales". Wow, did that other company make a killing! 95% market share times nothing! Civileme
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