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to: Rich
from: Robert G Lewis
date: 2003-02-06 13:09:42
subject: Re: Why IE became popular

From: "Robert G Lewis" 

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Rich

IE is a good browser. I think it was either ver 3 or 4 when it caught up =
with and then passed Netscape. However the original version of Windows = 95
did not include IE as part of it. I still have the Windows 95 and =
separate IE cd's here somewhere. I think they added it to windows 95 =
rather quickly though.

Bob Lewis
  "Rich"  wrote in message news:3e41b44e{at}w3.nls.net...
     Is reality too difficult for you, Mike, to accept that you must lie =
to feel good about yourself?

     Microsoft has stated on several occasions that Internet Explorer =
usage did not take off until IE improved.  There are plenty of reviews =
that show that this started with IE 3.0 and stengthened with IE 4.0.  =
This coincides with when IE usage started to take off.  It does not =
coincided with IE 1.0 and Windows 95 where IE was introduced as an =
operating system component.

  Rich

    "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message =
news:ola34v8dkjgfhh4duv4kpm4vbce2eb2sgv{at}4ax.com...
    On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:16:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton" =

    wrote:

    Microsoft admitted that IE could not stand on its own merit, that it =
had to
    be bundled with Windows to become an ongoing product.

     /m

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Rich
 
IE is a good browser. I think it was =
either ver 3=20
or 4 when it caught up with and then passed Netscape. However the = original=20
version of Windows 95 did not include IE as part of it. I still have the = Windows=20
95 and separate IE cd's here somewhere. I think they added it to windows = 95=20
rather quickly though.
 
Bob Lewis
"Rich" <{at}> wrote in message news:3e41b44e{at}w3.nls.net... Is reality too difficult = for you,=20 Mike, to accept that you must lie to feel good about=20 yourself? Microsoft has stated on = several=20 occasions that Internet Explorer usage did not take off until IE=20 improved. There are plenty of reviews that show that this = started with=20 IE 3.0 and stengthened with IE 4.0. This coincides with when IE = usage=20 started to take off. It does not coincided with IE 1.0 and = Windows 95=20 where IE was introduced as an operating system component. Rich "Mike '/m'" <mike{at}barkto.com>">mailto:mike{at}barkto.com">mike{at}barkto.com> wrote in = message news:ola34v8dkjg= fhh4duv4kpm4vbce2eb2sgv{at}4ax.com...On=20 Thu, 6 Feb 2003 00:16:44 -0000, "Adam Flinton" <adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>=">mailto:adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com">adam{at}NOSPAMsoftfab.com>= wrote:Microsoft=20 admitted that IE could not stand on its own merit, that it had = tobe=20 bundled with Windows to become an ongoing=20 product. /m ------=_NextPart_000_0038_01C2CDE1.0403AA80-- --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4
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