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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