Subj : Re: computers
To   : Mhansel739
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Jul 27 2024 08:27:18

  Re: Re: computers
  By: Mhansel739 to TheNerd on Sat Jul 27 2024 06:45 am

 Mh> their own "special" tags that the others couldn't use or recognize. I
 Mh> think back to the days of IE being the "premier" browser with its ActiveX
 Mh> controls. Many financial institutions developed their sites for that
 Mh> browser and you could only access them with IE.

That was an example of Microsoft's "embrace, extend, and extinguish" strategy. They'd often take something that was supposed to be standardized and add their own stuff to it and/or make it work a little differently. Because of how many people used Microsoft's stuff, many developers would end up supporting it, and competitors' stuff wouldn't work anymore.  Microsoft did that with IE for many years.

Nightfox
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