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4. (Ch 2.1) Microsoft At The Dawn Of The Internet Era
Internet History Podcast
English - February 26, 2014 19:23 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 363 ratingsSociety & Culture History tech interview mac iphone ipad apple david floyd katie design Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Summary:
Netscape has set the standard and taken the lead. But how long will it last? We take a step backwards in this episode and examine why Microsoft was so dominant at the beginning of the Internet Era. We ask the questions: Did Bill Gates really miss the Internet? And: Was the Information Superhighway and the Internet one and the same thing? And we look back on all the things that were distracting Microsoft at the dawn of the Internet Era.
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