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Although not directly related to everyone's favorite legal battle (otherwise known as "Redmond Justice"), we found it noteworthy that Netscape has just launched a new campaign designed to remind Windows customers that they have a choice of browsers. Even if Microsoft wins its case and retains the right to force Wintel manufacturers to keep Internet Explorer loaded and on the desktop, Netscape's plan is to provide manufacturers a desktop icon to stick right next to the IE one-- which, when clicked, allows the end user to download the latest version of Netscape's browser, as well as to make that browser the default and to uninstall IE (which, of course, Microsoft is still claiming is not possible). We read about it over at Webintosh.

We think Netscape's plan is a clever one. Now, if manufacturers so desire, they can basically ship Windows boxes with two browsers on the desktop, which makes it much less likely for Windows users to stick with IE just because it's the default. We're looking forward to this initiative's success; we'll have to report back once the next quarter's browser marketshare numbers are in.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/30/97 episode:

December 30, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 312: Apple/Adobe Teamup (12/30/97)   Remember our Steve Jobs Progress Report a week ago, in which we bemoaned the lack of action on Apple's part with respect to retaining its core market of "content creators?" Remember how we particularly bemoaned how we still couldn't "buy a Mac tuned for or bundled with Photoshop?"...

  • 313: Better Than Reality (12/30/97)   And in another stunning act of prescience, we've been running around telling people that VirtualPC on a Powermac G3 makes for a very workable Windows solution, though we've had nothing to support that claim-- until now...

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