Christopher Jahn wrote: > > 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$hit shipping IE with > >> Windows, and automatically installing it when installing > >> Windows, and putting a link directly onto the desktop which > >> could not be removed by normal methods of deleting stuff. > > > > and threatened to destroy (by refusing to sell them windows) > > OEMs who wanted to remove IE and give customers Netscape if > > they wanted it. And many customers DID want Netscape, since > > it was the market leader back then. > > > > I really HATE comments taken out of context and then criticized. > > While Mama Cass and Gavin are both correct in the methods used > by MS (which I DO clearly mention in the unqouted protion of > text), the fact remains that designers complained loudly about > all the proprietary stuff coming from Netscape. As MS exploited > their monopoly, designers started using that as an excuse to > choose MS compatibility before Netscape compatibility. > > This in no way mitigates the illegal and immoral acts commited > by MS. >
"M$" Chris. "M$". That's the "1337" way to spell it, "d00d".
