East June 15, 2022, Internet Explorer will no longer be supportedmarking the end of the mythical microsoft web browserwhich although it was far behind, was the architect behind the digital revolution that began in the 21st century.
The history of Microsoft Internet Explorer is as dark as its updates and security filtersbut without a doubt he was the great architect who promoted the use of the Internet as a standard within digital ecosystems, a technology that was known to be important, but not central in the mid-90s, when it became the default browser in all Windows computers.
However, back then had Netscape as competition, a web browser that made Internet access much easier for the end userbut it hampered Microsoft’s direct plans to launch Internet Explorer, a browser with the same type of interface and ease of use, but within Windows software.
At first, Internet Explorer was not liked by many. The version they used was a somewhat bugged and not very adequate copy of Mosaic called Spyglass.. However, it was used enough to start one of the first big software wars, which ended badly for Netscape.
After the refusal that the company gave Bill Gates to join and control the entire web browser market, he promised them that he would crush them if they refused. Something that was taken to court, but had no more consequences than a slight sanction for Microsoft, which culminated in the closure of Netscape and the monopoly of Internet Explorer.
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Years later, J.James Barksdale, CEO of Netscape in 1995stated in this regard that:
“Never in my 33-year career in the business world have I had a meeting where our competitor said so clearly that we should stop participating or they would kill us”
Internet Explorer… the only alternative and the only rival to beat
The demise of Netscape made clear the Microsoft way of playing, which had in Internet Explorer a single option for userswho without having more options never saw the need to look for another browser… until Mozilla came along and started the Firefox projecta popular browser and free software that tried to tip that balance.
For 2001, with the release of Internet Explorer 6, it was clear that there was no reason to improve for Microsoft. All bugs remained and cosmetic change was nil, even though a new OS skin was designed; this was the spearhead for Mozilla Firefox will start to gain ground.
In 2005, Firefox began to take away that 90% share that it had and in 2008 Google Chrome became the browser that would take the lead as predominant. Both developed their own software and learned from all the mistakes that the aging and chaotic Internet Explorer made, from which it was unable to escape or propose solutions until it was too late.
Being the only rival to beat and being, above all, the one with the most users, it was easy for Mozilla and Google to understand what was being searched for in Internet browsingt, which was nothing more than fluidity and stability, as well as protection from the mysterious world of the web, which until a few years ago was still stigmatized.
The death of Internet Explorer and a meme to remember
The death of Internet Explorer is something that has been a reality for years, being unsupported is just the final nail in his coffin. It has no users and even Microsoft didn’t care about it anymore, that’s why it took out Edge, a browser close to Chrome and Firefox and totally unrelated to IE.
Nevertheless, it was something that Microsoft was harvesting after declaring war on Netscape, violating all existing antitrust codes of ethics and competition. Although noNone of the real advances in web browsing were thanks to Internet Explorerit was its very existence that motivated the changes that during the first decade of the 21st century consolidated the way of consuming the Internet.
Secondly, Being the only web browser for most users, this was the one that began to give the Internet a real space within the computer software ecosystem.. Today, despite increasingly powerful and capable computers in terms of processing, almost everything is done from a web browser, like this note you are reading now, play a movie or video, even legal procedures.
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The digital revolution would be impossible without Internet Explorer, despite how inefficient and unsafe it was; despite being a monopolistic whim of Bill Gates, despite how slow it was to navigate and how complicated its interface became to use over time, while the entire Internet advanced.
The memes did him justice but today he is leaving. He disappears without any glory, like a scum in the history of the Internet, like a stain that we cannot remove from the tablecloth, but that we know was important. That was Internet Explorer, the perfect example of what not to do.
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