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Market Forces Dictate (5/27/98)
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Speaking of competition, the recent antitrust action against Microsoft may finally be introducing some changes into the browser market, which Microsoft pretty much has been yanking away from Netscape over the last couple of years. According to Computer Reseller News, NEC Computer Systems has "unbundled" Internet Explorer from Windows 95 themselves, and will ship their systems with no browser pre-loaded, but with a CD-ROM including both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, so that end users can decide which to install and use. (NEC's method won't work with Windows 98 systems unless Microsoft releases a version without IE, due to the way that browser is hooked into the new OS, but it's a start.)

Then, according to an Associated Press article, Gateway announced that it's letting its customers choose which browser is designated as the "default browser" which pops up when the Windows 98 user connects to the internet. IE would still be installed, of course, but users would be using Netscape to surf the web. This concession by Microsoft may be an obvious attempt to cool down the flurry of antitrust action they've seen in the last six months or so.

Couple those moves with the fact that IE and Navigator are now both free, and we may just have a fair fight on our hands. Of course, only next year's market share numbers will say for sure.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 5/27/98 episode:

May 27, 1998: Apple's got a pocket full of quarters and an itchy trigger finger; time to get more games on the Mac. Meanwhile, the PowerPC keeps getting more powerful, and some PC manufacturers are finally able to offer their customers a choice of internet browsers...

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 741: Brave New Markets (5/27/98)   So Thursday's the day that Apple makes its big pitch to the game developers of the world at E3, the largest electronic entertainment expo showcasing the latest and greatest game hardware and software in existence...

  • 742: Picking Up Speed (5/27/98)   We've all seen (or at least read about) the pre-release 400 MHz Power Mac that Apple's been trotting around to various demonstrations here and there, and there's no doubt that the G3 inside is a killer...

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