Comment Re:AOL is acquiring anti-MS weapons, plain & s (Score 1) 950
"AOL has used IE as long as they've had a browser, but you can be sure it's not because they liked the idea."
In the early days of the Browser War, this made sense to AOL for two reasons.
[1] AOL, like MSFT and everyone else was at risk of being shut out of the Web ( especailly the Start Page ) by Netscape's vast dominance of civilian browser share.
[2] Netscape was incredibly arrogant back then. They refused to componentize Nav so that it could be integrated into the AOL user experience. NSCP was going to rule the Web, so what use did they have for the pathetic base of AOLusers?
From IE3 onwards, MSFT has had a hostable, component browser. MSFT worked with AOL to make the integration happen. Netscape wouldn't.
What baffles me is that given how many years ago AOL snarfed up NSCP, AOL is still running the MS HTML engine.
In the early days of the Browser War, this made sense to AOL for two reasons.
[1] AOL, like MSFT and everyone else was at risk of being shut out of the Web ( especailly the Start Page ) by Netscape's vast dominance of civilian browser share.
[2] Netscape was incredibly arrogant back then. They refused to componentize Nav so that it could be integrated into the AOL user experience. NSCP was going to rule the Web, so what use did they have for the pathetic base of AOLusers?
From IE3 onwards, MSFT has had a hostable, component browser. MSFT worked with AOL to make the integration happen. Netscape wouldn't.
What baffles me is that given how many years ago AOL snarfed up NSCP, AOL is still running the MS HTML engine.
