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ExplorerGate! (12/1/97)
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Little did we all know that MacOS Rumors is actually run by Woodward and Bernstein-- or at least we have to assume so, given the scope of the scandal they are on the verge of uncovering.
Recently, Rumors reported on some strangeness with Internet Explorer not letting people download competing Netscape products, and mentioned in passing a formerly reported suspicion that Microsoft's IIS web server gave preference to MSIE over any other browsers. The Rumors staff has since accumulated over 1200 email messages from readers who confirm the "shady" behavior of Microsoft's internet products, which looks suspiciously like cleverly disguised anticompetitive conduct.
About 850 people wrote in to confirm that they, too, had trouble downloading Netscape Navigator or Communicator via IE, with some even suspecting IE of corrupting their already-installed versions of Netscape. And a report from a developer who ran tests connecting to IIS with multiple browsers seems to confirm that IIS accepts connections from IE before any others, thus making the other browsers seem slower. Still more disturbing is the quote from anonymous Microsoft employees who state that while they've "noticed the same things," they've had to "learn to ignore that kind of thing and keep [their] eyes on [their] own monitor[s]."
If the above is true, then that's the kind of stuff about which the DoJ should really be leaping all over Microsoft. We wish the best of luck to Rumors if they attempt to follow this through to its logical conclusion. And we hope they watch their backs...
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 12/1/97 episode: December 1, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)
Other scenes from that episode: 229: Movie of the Week (12/1/97) Following the rumors at Apple Recon about a possible version of Windows 98 for Macintosh, Reality leaps into the fray with musings on the possibility of Mac OS 9 for Intel. Rumors are flying that Apple has resurrected the spirit of its "Star Trek" project from yesteryear (which succeeded in running System 7 on a 486), in order that it may kick ass over on the Intel side of the fence like a cloned Sigourney Weaver run amok... 231: Service With A :-) (12/1/97) Boy howdy, will wonders never cease? The era of free Mac support ended not with a bang, but with a lawsuit-- but suddenly, from out of the shadows, its spectre rises again to continue its unfinished mission in this bug-plagued world...
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