Subj : Re: Russia's Endgame
To   : all
From : MRO
Date : Wed Oct 12 2022 09:46 pm

 Re: Re: Russia's Endgame
 By: MRO to Moondog on Wed Oct 12 2022 09:41 pm

>  > My understanding is the earliest version of Win95 shipped without any
>  > form of browser, and Netscape's browser was the clear successor.  By
>  > shipping IE with the OS, it gave IE a clear advanrage because most basic
>  > users would use what the  OS shipped with.  Same applied with taking
>  > business away from the media player software manufacturers.  The most
>  > software publishers, it felt like MS crossed the line between being the
>  > OS provider and application provider.
>  > Natgeo had a good documentary a few years back about the battle btween
>  > Netscape and MS. plus stories of other sites that failed because their
>  > ideas wer ahead of their time.  A large problem was figuring how to
>  > gather telemetry and monetize accordingly with it.
>
>
> yeah and then they had the msn network and then later they installed links
> on the desktop for other services. cant keep everyone happy.
> netscape was also commercial. you could use mosiac for free.


btw you can run win95 as an app now.
https://github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95/releases

it has netscape on the desktop
https://i.imgur.com/rH7rqUm.png
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