[Gllug] IE flaws

[Richard Jones]

On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 04:09:49PM +0100, John Hearns wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 15:59, Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Actually, a marketing rule of thumb is that a competing product must
> > be 10 times[1] better than the incumbent before it will displace the
> > incumbent in any meaningful way.
> 
> Was IE 10 times better than Netscape Navigator?

No, but Microsoft illegally leveraged their desktop (Windows) monopoly
to force people to use IE.  They were even found guilty and convicted,
but obviously to no effect.  When your competitor is a monopoly,
competition and normal rules don't apply.

> Very probably not... it was just given away free at a time when
> Navigator had costs.

Did anyone ever actually pay for Navigator?  Just curious ...

Rich.

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