Re: Re: Re (tilly) 2: Microsoft vs. Perl and sloppy programming

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They developed software that was better than the competition (Netscape) and they gave it away for free.

IE was free in the sense that the transmission in my car was free. Sure I never got an itemized list that said
Transmission: $579.89
but you can bet I paid for it.

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Re: Re: Re: Re (tilly) 2: Microsoft vs. Perl and sloppy programming - Wildly OT by sierrathedog04 (Hermit) on Jun 25, 2001 at 17:39 UTC
Netscape consultant Robert Bork claimed it was free. That was the basis for the alleged "predatory pricing" claim that Bork and Netscape made. If IE was not free then the predatory pricing claim becomes even more bogus. IE is in fact free, because I can upgrade it without charge, delete it and reload it and so on.	[reply]

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