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Old 04-26-2006, 11:54 AM   #1
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LXer: The Great Microsoft Blunder


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I think it can now be safely said, in hindsight, that Microsoft's entry into the browser business and its subsequent linking of the browser into the Windows operating system looks to be the worst decision—and perhaps the biggest, most costly gaffe—the company ever made. I call it the Great Microsoft Blunder.

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Old 04-26-2006, 01:48 PM   #2
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John Dvorak writes some thought-provoking articles. Although I do not fully agree that introducing Internet Explorer was a mistake, the way Microsoft implemented it and tied it into their OS may have been. Anyway, that was an interesting read.
 
  


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