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Billy Meets Mozilla (10/2/97)
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According to Nando.net, those nutty kids are at it again... Billy Gates' browser bunnies got a little giddy at a company party (suppose any of them have outside lives?) and erected (uhhh... huh huh huh...) a 12-foot Internet Explorer logo on Netscape's front lawn at 1:30 AM.

Netscape, not to be out-juveniled, let loose the 'zilla. They popped a 12-foot Mozilla on top of the big blue "e" with a sign that read "Netscape 72, Microsoft 18," referring to the respective marketshare percentages of each company. The fun never stops in the world of the browser wars.

(So this isn't really about Apple. Consider this a spin-off.)

 
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The above scene was taken from the 10/2/97 episode:

October 2, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 44: Keynote Kapers (10/2/97)   Did anyone else have a chance to tune into Steve Jobs' keynote address at Seybold? There are some great articles on it over at Webintosh, News.Com, and MacNN. We caught the last three-quarters of it, and were very impressed...

  • 45: 1998: Apple UMAXintosh? (10/2/97)   A few days ago, we said that of the Big Three, UMAX may have emerged as the lone survivor of the Clone Wars because they never publicly attacked Apple's policies. (Read: SUCK-UP.) Well, today a MacOS Rumors source provides some very interesting insight that shows there may be much more going on under the table. According to this fly-on-the-wall, UMAX approached Apple with a plan to cut Apple's R&D expenses by taking on more of Apple's hardware burden...

Or view the entire episode as originally broadcast...
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My name is Rip Van Winkle and I just woke up; what did I miss?
I'm trying to pretend the last 20 years never happened
I mean, if it worked for Friends, why not?
I came here looking for a receptacle in which to place the cremated remains of my deceased Java applets (think about it)

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