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Re: [LUG] (Another rant) [Fwd: Microsoft shuts down Windows 98]

 

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Ben Goodger wrote:
> - I believe it may have been superior in 1998
I beg to differ.  (I do note you said 'may' though :))  IMHO it was a
pile of pooh, which is why the ISP I worked for at the time kept
primary support for Netscape 3.0.x.  We only supplied/supported IE4
when Windows 98 was launched and we realised M$ had dealt us one from
the bottom of the pack, to whit; support IE or all the new customers
with new PCs will go to someone who does.  I attended a training
session in M$ HQ in Reading.  The trainer told us IE4 was unbreakable,
about 30 seconds before one of my colleagues managed to break it.

In 1998 M$ were playing catchup with Netscape.  By nailing the browser
to Windows 98 they overtook Netscape, and now at last there is decent
competition to them in Mozilla Firefox.

Kind regards,

Julian
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