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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