Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> begin oe_protect.scr
> Ivan Groznii <ivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> >
> >> Opera UI ripoff and Firefox feature ripoff. It's almost as bad as the
> >> multitude of Web 2.0 copycats. Then again, come to consider how Internet
> >> Explorer began: Netscape ripoff, then fraudulent tactics to elbow it out of
> >> the way and derail its user base using non-standard 'HTML'.
> >
> > IE's implementation of CSS makes me want to scream in pain; I utterly
> > hate how it renders. 7 is better but not by much.
> >
> > Opera and Firefox on Linux are class.
> >
>
> True, for Roy, above, though, IE was a development of mosaic - Microsoft
> bought the code from a University (forget which one) and then made it
> proprietary. Oddly enough, Mosaic had been originally developed by the
> guys who went on to form netscape. IE is yet another Microsoft
> purchase...
Well, maybe "purchase" is a bit strong. Microsoft did a deal with the
Spyglass people based on a royalty fee per browser sold. Microsoft gave
away IE to shaft Netscape, ergo - no royalty fees payable.
i believe they eventually forked over $2m to Spyglass to avoid a court
case.
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Peter
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