@AnacondaHL: Microsoft never tried actively blocking competing browsers.
They just packed their own in, comfortable in the knowledge that most people don't actually care and just use the browser on their system.
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Then marketing got involved. That's what broke Internet Explorer, and what...
@Valve I actually get highlighted about once a month. Every so often, I think it will be funny to reply. You are a winner!
(I probably wouldn't have registered as Me if I'd known comment notifications would become a thing. But it isn't frequent enough to be annoying.)