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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
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Inverting the Paradox of Excellence

by Vivek Kale
July 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
442 pages
21h 44m
English
Productivity Press
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150 Inverting the Paradox of Excellence
6.2.8.1.3 Microsoft Internet Explorer
Microsoft initially ignored the Internet like any other large incumbent facing a radically new tech-
nology. But the rapid increase in the number of web users and the media attention surrounding
Netscape’s success underscored the growing importance of the WWW. The Internet represented
a new revolution in personal computing. The browser was a sort of OS by itself, while sufciently
powerful servers with rich content and numerous applications threatened to render traditional appli-
cation obsolete. This was a direct threat to Microsoft’s dominance in the market of PC OSs and
software applications. In the prior 15 years, the explosion of PC sales and Microsoft’s super ...
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ISBN: 9781466592162