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Netscape, not IE, put on new CompuServe | |
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| Time: 14:55 EST/19:55 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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America Online on Tuesday fired the first shot in what may signal the rekindling of the Web browser wars against Microsoft. The Internet giant launched CompuServe 7.0 with Netscape bundled as its default browser. CompuServe, AOL's other online service, previously used Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its default browser, and AOL itself continues to use IE. "We're backing the product because we think it's a good one and we want to put it in users' hands, and CompuServe is a good place to get it out there," AOL spokesman Josh Danson said. | ||
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| #1 By 2 (24.54.153.167) at 4/16/2002 2:56:22 PM |
| Does anyone here still use CompuServe? ;-) |
| #2 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 4/16/2002 3:01:19 PM |
| Well, remember Gateway suckered quite few users with that plan a while back that was, what?, 4 years free internet service with a Gateway computer. 4 years? That,s great! But it's with CS? Oh, nevermind. I don't fully recall but I think of AOL's 30 million users, 6 million are CS customers. |
| #3 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 4/16/2002 3:35:05 PM |
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Oh, whatever, hex! You didn't jump all over Bob for asking the question in the first place, did you? I said "I don't fully recall" and "I think" and I wasn't that far off. You can't take issue with most of my arguments today so you quibble about 3 and 6, is that it? Sad. This post was edited by sodajerk on Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 15:35. |
| #4 By 2 (24.54.153.167) at 4/16/2002 3:53:30 PM |
| I remember CompuServes' premium expensive areas, their once horrible e-mail addresses...bah! I'm sick of them all now actually. When I browse AOL's website to check my e-mail online I get the darn pop-up ads on every screen... |
| #5 By 2459 (66.25.124.8) at 4/16/2002 3:59:37 PM |
| Why is CNET surprised by this? |
| #6 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 4/16/2002 4:02:34 PM |
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why do you think CNET is expressing surprise, enforcer? In fact, the quote they provide says:
"It doesn't surprise me that AOL wants a test bed to see how users react and to iron out any rough spots so if they decide to go to a grander scale they can avoid the initial pitfalls on CompuServe," said Ken Smiley, an analyst at Giga Information Group. It seems a fairly straight forward reporting of the possible reemergence of Netscape. |
| #7 By 20 (68.53.242.24) at 4/16/2002 4:18:03 PM |
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July 2003,
In other news, Compuserve will be shutting down due to lack of customers. When asked, the head of Compuserver said, "I just can't figure it out! All our customers just up and left about a year ago.". Analysts suggest Compuserve's failure might be linked to their switch to Netscape in April of 2002. |
| #8 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 4/16/2002 4:35:42 PM |
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#11 - It makes AOL less dependent upon a third party supplier.
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| #9 By 3 (213.107.104.13) at 4/16/2002 6:21:26 PM |
| I guess im one of the few here hoping that Netscape does make a comeback in terms of users, least then the browser business will become competitive and we might see browsers making the kind of progress they did a few years ago instead of the way they are now. |
| #10 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 4/16/2002 7:34:22 PM |
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#20 - I guess I long since upgraded from the IE version 3 that you are describing.
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| #11 By 2459 (66.25.124.8) at 4/17/2002 1:51:04 AM |
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Sodajerk, I was judging their apparent surprise based on the headline and included blurb.
Why have the headline and the "firing the first shot" thing if it's been known (and documented by CNET) for some time that CS and AOL were switching to Netscape in their next iterations? Wasn't interested enough to read the article :-) I just noticed that the quote you referred to isn't even the author of the article. Again, my original question stands. This post was edited by n4cer on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 09:35. |
| #12 By 2459 (66.25.124.8) at 4/17/2002 4:19:51 AM |
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Loved Pre-AOL Compuserve, but the email addresses were a bit annoying (sorta cool, but annoying). I always thought it kinda looked like what your email address would be if you were an inmate and the prison system had its own ISP (inmate.number@compuserve.com). :-) This post was edited by n4cer on Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 04:20. |
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