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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by gnabgib on Monday November 18, 2024 @08:13PM (#42179155)
Ah three decades ago, a year before Internet Explorer was released[0], and 7 months after Netscape was released[1], easy to correct in hindsight.

Two decades ago IE6 was already 3yo, Safari 1 was 1yo, and it would take 4 years for Chrome to drop[2].

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

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Re:DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome by The_Colonel on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @03:13AM (#42181034)
What a useless comment.

When you use decades, it is implied that the precision is rough, interpreting it as exactly 30 years ago is just bad faith.

OP is correct - in the timespan between 2 and 3 decades ago, MS / IE implemented its full range of anti-competitive practices and at least partially through them became even more dominant than Chrome is today.

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