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Re:Google Chrome's fear of Microsoft Edge is revealing its b... by aksss on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:05PM (#22426093)
I think question was about ie6 era, which is like 2001.
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Re:Google Chrome's fear of Microsoft Edge is revealing its b... by dblohm7 on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:49PM (#22427174)
In 2001 US v Microsoft was still ongoing and Microsoft was just about to sign their consent decree with the USDOJ[1]. Those kinds of shenanigans weren't really possible for them until the consent decrees expired.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor....

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Re:Google Chrome's fear of Microsoft Edge is revealing its b... by cmendel on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @04:25PM (#22427518)
1999 and 2001 are only 2 years apart though...
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