Comments on: Microsoft quietly buys Netscape browser technology

By: alessandrovolta

alessandrovolta — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:54:00 +0000

Actually -5V was the driving force for Netscape and the popularization of the WWW

By: $2136593

$2136593 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:31:00 +0000

Maybe you could analyze why this move matters. What’s in it for Microsoft?

By: Chris Sherlock

Chris Sherlock — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:38:00 +0000

“Netscape was one of the factors behind Microsoft’s entry into the wide world of the internet, prompting them to license Mosaic source code and turn it into Internet Explorer.”

Since when? They bought Spyglass to make Internet Explorer.

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Oops, silly me. Spyglass was a fork of Mosaic. Disregard all I said!

By: sk1rtsfly

sk1rtsfly — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Will the Netscape piece enable/accelerate improvements to IE?

By: Prerna

Prerna — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:34:00 +0000

just another $1 billion wasted…. I believe MS will not be able to put it to proper use..

By: Kevin A

Kevin A — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +0000

Learnt is definitely OK in British English, and possibly Canadian English. In the US it’s just not in common usage, but not against the rules

By: Ben Kersey

Ben Kersey — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:56:00 +0000

sory i no wrte gud

By: Annonymous

Annonymous — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:51:00 +0000

learnt is apparently a valid word in the english language it just not predominantly used in the US as this is a British english past tense form of learn.

By: shelly

shelly — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:46:00 +0000

Look..it made money for the post office & they sure could use these funds NOW!

By: stan789

stan789 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:42:00 +0000

RE: “Netscape was the driving force for Microsoft’s entry into the wide world of the internet”

Actually Windows Sockets, (winsock), was the driving force for Netscape and the popularization of the WWW

By: slim6596

slim6596 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:40:00 +0000

Who proofreads these articles? Apparently no one. “Learnt”, “promting” instead of “learned” and “prompting”. If you’re going to write articles, you need to at least use spell check (if you don’t want to appear illiterate).

By: mikand

mikand — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Does that include the “saturation bombing” patent that deluges the world with unwanted CDs? I’m sure that patent must belong to AOL…