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To: dayglored

I remember the days when Microsoft Windows bundled Internet Explorer essentially making it the only browser allowed to operate with its computer software. Other browsers could be loaded via a purchased disc or over very slow modems. They were sued for antitrust violations and finally settled without MS being broken up as a monopoly. I guess MS hasn’t learned the lessons of those early days of the internet.


7 posted on 05/04/2017 3:30:00 PM PDT by CedarDave (Proud member of Hillary's Deplorables class of 2016.)
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Other browsers could be loaded via a purchased disc or over very slow modems.

In those days, you could spit in any general direction and have a 30% chance of hitting a free AOL CD including the AOL browser. I obtained my first copy of IE at Super Bowl XXX. Version 2.0 was included with my seat cushion, no joke! I still have the seat cushion.
11 posted on 05/04/2017 4:27:24 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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