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How could something so strong go so wrong?

Well, let me help out a little. Please visit:

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/ms_exhibits.htm

Start reading. This can be quite tedious, but it is exceptionally enlightening. As you go along, you see Netscape's increasing alarm as they learn of Microsoft's illegal tactics to force Netscape out of the marketplace.

For those not wishing to go through them all, read for example Exhibit 88. Also check out Exhibit 34.

Exhibit 38 has what is likely the famous quote from Bill Gates: "How much do we need to pay you to screw netscape?? ('this is your lucky day')".

Personally I'm still plowing through this material. It has, however, been most informative.

posted by : anonymous123, 03 March 2008 Complain about this comment
Microsoft Intergration

It was W2K-Pro that in retrospect - forced me away, how it all seemed easier to download and install updates.
I tried hanging onto the email side of things, but AOL messed that up and I went searching, and still have not found a product that compares.

posted by : RogerP, 01 March 2008 Complain about this comment
Ziffed Davis?

Well glad to see you're up and coming, now, mate. 
Not to mention, browser-cum-portals (that's a Potter thingie, right?). 
That Vole bumbled IE, will likely get Microsoft a stiff comeuppance from the European Comeuppance-mission. 
And still yet the sauciness of that cheeky vole, to spite it all, is now about making the Vista more "green." 
Green Software--Hello world, is there an ECO in ear?

Vista is already bios-degradable!

So, the European Commiserate has receipts and license for its Netscrape Navigator and Complicator for the Far Side of the World? 

And enCarte Blanche over the rest of OS privateers, as well, I presume.

Well finally at least there is a L’Académie Française for OS packages with the teeth to nip OS in the OS, bud.

Pity. Corn is now more than a buccaneer.

AST adds: Anyone have a clue what he's on about?

posted by : karlsbad, 29 February 2008 Complain about this comment
Mozilla should buy the Netscape name back

It would make more sense than "Firefox".

posted by : The Jedi, 29 February 2008 Complain about this comment
How about Mosaic?

Apparently you got your dial-up Internet connection after the Mosaic era, which certainly deserve at least a mention in your article.

It didn't support any fancy HTML trickery, neither any kind of scripts, plug-ins, style sheets and barely supported tables. But, despite lacking disk caching, it was damn fast. HTML was always all about formatted text and some images, the rest is bloat.

Then Netscape helped to turn obsolete our then-state-of-art 56K modems. And worse, it allowed the still-sluggish java applets inside pages, so I kind of enjoyed its painful and slow death.

And stay dead.

posted by : mycelo, 29 February 2008 Complain about this comment

Netscape navigates to exit

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