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points by throwitaway222 12 hours ago | 0 comments
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 12 hours ago
IE was not really free. You still had to buy Windows.
[–] throwitaway222 12 hours ago
But at the time no one was buying windows because of IE! It was WORD!
[–] rini17 11 hours ago
FTFY: At the time noone was buying windows because they pirated it.
[–] throwitaway222 11 hours ago
I can't argue with that.