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0 pointsuserbinator1y ago0 comments

I suppose it captured a kind of positive cultural attitude towards computing.

It was a time when MS was about giving users tools to do whatever they want, and not trying to coerce them down a path to be milked for $$$.

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Yes but also it was the same exact time when MS dominated and stagnated. IE6 shipped with Windows XP

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0 pointsuserbinator1y ago0 comments

I suppose it captured a kind of positive cultural attitude towards computing.

It was a time when MS was about giving users tools to do whatever they want, and not trying to coerce them down a path to be milked for $$$.

Yes but also it was the same exact time when MS dominated and stagnated. IE6 shipped with Windows XP

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