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AOL Time Warner Files Anti-Trust Suit against MS
ChazeFroy writes "This article at the Washington Post says that AOL Time Warner has filed a suit against Microsoft seeking damages from anti-competitive practices over the Netscape browser."
Can't say I'm surprised.
Netscape hasn't been a viable browser since the late 90's.
including that pacifism causes war: "You are going to kill me because I DIDN'T try to kill you????"
No, you are getting killed because you did not recognize that there really are bad people in the world, and take the proper measures. Peace is enabled through strength. Pacifism never stops wars, it only enables them.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
Also how are they meant to compete when netscape, at least the 4.* series which most people think of when you say "Netscape", is such a pile of shit.
If they're going to start going on about Netscape, AOL needs to push the 6.* series MUCH harder.
-- Note: If you don't agree with me, don't bother replying. I won't read it.
Yes, Netscape made a huge mistake in trying to sell popular software that ran on Windows
Oh please - Netscape's long term goal was to _replace_ Windows, not run on top of it. Andresson even foolishly came out and said so. ("poorly debugged collection of device drivers", I think the line was.)
I'm not saying that MS isn't pure evil or whatever, but there's no reason to play up Po' Wittle Netscape in this mess. They understood exactly what the stakes were (more so than most people here) and they were declaring victory years before the real battle even started.
Whenever I hear the word 'Innovation', I reach for my pistol.
Personally I shy away from any ISP that requires it's own software to connect. AOL sucks, MSN sucks, and netscape sucks. Netscape is a free download. Anyone who wants it can use it. It's not as if Microsoft is stopping people from downloading Netscape. Heck if it weren't for IE you really couldn't go to netscape.com and download Netscape if you really wanted it. They should thank Microsoft for including IE in its OS so people who want Netscape have a way to get to their page to download it. It's not as if the average everyday computer using idiot who thought they got a real good deal on their crappy little E-machine because it was only $475 knows how to access an FTP site. Since AOL caters to the common everyday idiot they should be glad Microsoft gives idiots access to Netscape.com to download netscape the only way an idiot would know how, by opening IE and clicking the download button. And I agree that it's stupid for AOL to own netscape and package AOL with IE. I do tech support on the phone, and I almost want to cry every time someone says they're having internet trouble and I come to find out their internet service is AOL. I can't stand AOL, they get idiots to sign up claiming it's sooo easy, and the idiots buy into it because their commercials offer them things like, a buddy list, and e-mail, and the ability to send pictures to their family. Helloooo... You can have all those things on ANY ISP!! How many idiots will they get to sign up because of their "you've got pictures" feature before they all figure out all you have to do is attach the pictures to an email. How many idiots will they get to sign up with the promise of a buddy list before they figure out you can download AOL instant messanger and not only have a buddy list but have better features like file transfers etc. And how many idiots will sign up thinking it's going to be fast because the commercial says it's fast before they figure out that it's still dial up and is no faster than any other dial up connection. AOL's problem isn't Microsoft. AOL's problem is the large group of idiots it has as users. People who think AOL IS the internet, and don't realize that the internal browser on the AOL software isn't the only one they can use. People who don't know what words like minimize means. People who don't understand the simple file structure of a computer well enough to browse for a file to attach to an email. People who call 3.5 inch floppies hard disks and people who can't understand the difference between RAM and hard drive space. And when you tell them they're running out of memory they ask if they need to delete some things. This is AOL's problem. These people don't even know what a netscape is. And since AOL software comes with a built in browser they aren't smart enough to even bother with caring. If they want people to use netscape they need to make it AOL's internal broswer or make a big GET NETSCAPE button on their software so idiots will realize it's there, stop packaging it with IE and leave Microsoft alone.
---- "Excuse me. Where's the children's gun section?"
Umm, Jason -- didn't you just make the following post to a different discussion:
"NO, HE DIDN'T [urbanlegends.com]. Jesus fucking Christ, are all of you Slashbots that stupid? I can produce evidence that he publicly denies saying that infamous quote. You say "He did, in 1981." Where? When? Were you sitting on the toilet in Redmond when he said it to an associate in the executive washroom? You weren't even born in 1981.
There is no proof, beyond typical anti-Microsoft FUD, that Bill Gates ever said "640 KB ought to be enough for anybody." Please go away now."
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There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
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