Microsoft is innovating around the Web browser again. I haven't witnessed this kind of focus, execution or communication since 1996-1998, when Microsoft waged the browser war against Netscape. And won.
But there is something different from my 1998 feeling, and that's a good thing. A decade ago, Microsoft tussled with the U.S. government over Internet Explorer being bundled into Windows 98. A nasty Microsoft didn't play so nice with third parties and tried to dominate the browser market for competitive gain. In 2008, there's a surprising—as in really shocking—and different approach.
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