Microsoft's Three Browsers

Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by perl4ever on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:44PM (#22231108)

"if Microsoft hadn't bailed them out in 97"

This is a myth. Apple always had massive amounts of cash even at their low point when people considered them worth barely more than their cash.

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Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by outworlder on Monday February 03, 2020 @07:58PM (#22231203)

Don't forget that the re-engineered Microsoft Office was made available on OSX not long afterwards.

That move alone (plus Bill Gates' appearance at an Apple event) might have saved the platform, not only by making it more attractive to users, but also by giving the platform more credibility with larger enterprises.

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Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by scarface74 on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:09PM (#22231981)

Microsoft was one of the first developers for the Mac. Word, Excel and PowerPoint were on Macs since the 80s.

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Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by alwillis on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:20AM (#22232658)

Excel 1.0 shipped on the Macintosh in 1985: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel#Apple_Macintos...

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Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by Narishma on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @07:09AM (#22234650)

They even started on the Mac before being ported to Windows. At least Excel did, not sure about the other two.

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Re:Microsoft's Three Browsers by solarkraft on Monday February 03, 2020 @08:52PM (#22231566)

"bail out" doesn't necessarily mean lending cash in this case, but getting them back into business in general.

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