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points by gabrielsroka 14 hours ago | 0 comments
Netscape offered Navigator for free for personal use while charging businesses a licensing fee.
[–] throwitaway222 14 hours ago
Isn't that more proof that the consumer won here? Even business consumers? By making IE free, there is no reason to pay Netscape. I'm sorry but this is not an example of a monopoly. Should Wireshark be banned in the United States because it's the best packet sniffer and it's competition is basically 0 right now?
[–] rini17 14 hours ago
IE was not really free. You still had to buy Windows.
[–] throwitaway222 14 hours ago
But at the time no one was buying windows because of IE! It was WORD!
[–] rini17 13 hours ago
FTFY: At the time noone was buying windows because they pirated it.
[–] throwitaway222 13 hours ago
I can't argue with that.