| IE won because it was free (and you couldn't get rid of it).
Early versions of IE sucked big time. The only reason they survived and eventually won the "Browser Wars" is that M$ gave the thing away with their OS while Netscape charged $49 per install. I was a believer and paid the money.
By the time Netscape gave in and started giving away their product it was too late; M$ had started driving nails into their coffin. How, as a company, do you compete against free?
For me the end came when AOL bought 'em up -- same with CompuServe -- both were finished off by AOL. |
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