As the Apple Turns: Scene 371: Taking It to the Streets (1/18/98)

Taking It to the Streets (1/18/98)

Meanwhile, at least one netizen is taking the fight into his own hands. According to a C/Net article, Gordon French is protesting what he considers to be Microsoft's "monopolistic tendencies" in a unique way: his Official Lost & Found web site, which is free to users of all other browsers, now charges $4 per use when the browser is using Internet Explorer 4.0. French is quick to point out that this action isn't directed at the users of IE4, but rather at Microsoft.

Needless to say, Microsoft's not too scared. Why would they be? IE4 marketshare is growing at a rampant pace, so it's doubtful that anything like this will make any significant difference. A spokesperson from the company goes so far as to say that "one web site doing this is not going to make an impact on Microsoft's or the industry's position."

Now, we'd tend to agree-- but that one web site has already been covered in a C/Net article. There's always the chance that others will hear about French's move and implement similar protest methods. Who knows? It could even turn into a whole grass-roots web campaign, like the Mac OS 8 Web Campaign that was so successful in spreading the word about Apple's latest operating system update. Hmmm, we're getting ideas... The wheels are turning...

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The above scene was taken from the 1/18/98 episode:

January 18, 1998: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

369: Crazy Man at the Helm (1/18/98) Color us surprised... The Computer Reseller News reports that Mac developers are "wary of the direction the Mac software market will take" while Apple's being led by Steve Jobs (poster boy for the word "mercurial")...
370: Not Even a Dent (1/18/98) And speaking of Microsoft's wild success, if you're rubbing your hands together and cackling with glee over Judge Jackson's probable upcoming ruling against them, you might want to read this Computer Reseller News article just to put the whole "Redmond Justice" thing in perspective...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...


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