Have they given up?

[Steve Wendt]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:38:12 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>    You forgot #4: IBM never supported OS/2 and probably never will.  During
>my time using OS/2 IBM did virtually /NOTHING/ to support OS/2.  Sure, they

That appears to be changing.  IBM has announced annual (?) convenience packs, 
starting in November.  Haven't read the details yet, but it SOUNDS good.

>IE was an acquisition of another browser after Netscape became big.
>Of course, Netscape came from... crap, NCSA?  I can't remember the name.

Not exactly... Netscape was created by some of the same people who did Mosaic 
(NCSA Mosaic, if you prefer).  Mosaic was licensed by M$ to be used as the basis 
for IE.  They then screwed the company (Spyglass) out of royalty payments. 
"Well, we give it away for free, so your % is $0."  At the time, Netscape was far 
superior to Mosaic, which is why IE was crap for so long.


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