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 Message 1161 
 SARPEK to 8MYSTICONE 
 Re: Netscape fades to bl 
 11 Sep 15 01:01:09 
 
 -=> Quoting Mysticone to Digital Man <=-

 > I'm not really sure why removal of IE was such an issue anyway. You could
 > always install other browsers and make them your default browser and never
 > use IE for the web at all (even though it is still installed). 

 My> The point was that Netscape could *never* be the only browser on a
 My> machine, and could never negotiate contracts to that effect.  Microsoft
 My> would always have their browser on the system and, in some cases,
 My> actually forbid computer companies from including rival software
 My> alongside it. 

There was an order to MS, they had to include the other guys after one point
I think it was with Win98.  If you look after the install, it would have 4
other browsers there.  Never would you see Netscape.


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