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Re:The 4th Year of SerenityOS by bornfreddy on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:24PM (#33155441)
> An OS without a web browser is hardly an OS anymore; Microsoft won on that regard (credit to Bill for recognizing that).

Sorry, but no, just no.

MS (correctly) recognized the threat that browser poses to OS through webaps. They bundled IE with Windows, however their bundling was a simple and effective (and monopolistic) strategy to take away market share from the then-leading browser, Netscape.

Yes, OS needs a browser. No, MS and Bill had nothing to do with that (and they artificially slowed down web the best they could - hello IE6!).

I do agree with the rest, but to credit MS that every OS needs a browser nowadays... Just no.

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Re:The 4th Year of SerenityOS by moreira on Monday October 10, 2022 @03:48PM (#33155664)
It seems like you -are- crediting MS for bundling a browser with an OS.

Their reasons are irrelevant.

OSs didn’t come with browsers. Microsoft bundled IE with Windows. Now every OS comes with a browser.

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Re:The 4th Year of SerenityOS by bornfreddy on Monday October 10, 2022 @04:01PM (#33155805)
Of course they did, or if they didn't, browser was one of the first things installed. Windows was nothing new in this regard.

What was new was that OS was deeply connected to browser, so that uninstalling it was not an option. But that is not what GP claimed, and that is of course not a rule with newer OSs.

But anyway, let's talk about this great new SerenityOS instead. :) Over and out.

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Re:The 4th Year of SerenityOS by pjmlp on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @01:57AM (#33159952)
As proven by Web widgets on mobile OSes, game consoles and TV firmware, they were just ahead of their time. :)
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