[Am-info] Internet Explorer consigned to the Trash

[Mitch Stone]

We can make an educated guess. Based on the rumors mills I've been=20
following, Safari has been in development for about a year; IOW, it was=20=

born about the time the Apple-Microsoft deal expired. It must have=20
become apparent to Apple that they could not rely on Microsoft to=20
continue to develop the key applications on which the Mac platform's=20
survival depends. At the same time Apple released Safari, they also=20
shipped Keynote, and I very much expect them to release a complete=20
office suite quite soon. All this tells me is that Apple and=20
Microsoft's 1997 marriage of convenience was as temporary as it looked=20=

to people who understood what was going on at the time. It's all=20
unraveling now, and Apple is entering a new phase, if only out of=20
necessity.

On Wednesday, June 18, 2003, at 08:21 PM, John Bryan wrote:

> I wondered if MS had done this to get back at Apple for Safari -- but=20=

> maybe Apple did Safari because they knew IE was going away, or at=20
> least was on the table to be dropped.  Maybe there was a threat to=20
> drop IE if Apple announced iTunes Music Store for Windows.   MS=20
> doesn't take lightly interlopers on their turf.   Maybe Apple did (and=20=

> is doing) Safari because they were not satisfied with the state of the=20=

> web browser on OS X ?  Will probably never know.
>

   --------------------------------------------
   Mitch Stone
   --------------------------------------------
   You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll
   take time to restore chaos and order=97order out of chaos.
   But we will.  =97GW Bush, Washington, D.C., April 13, 2003