[WEB4LIB] Browsers

[David Merchant]

At 07:04 AM 6/4/99 -0700, Peter Kendal wrote:
>Why do so many academic institutions use Netscape instead of IE?
>And why was this the case when Netscape had to be paid for?

Because back when Netscape had to be paid for, it was free for educational
institutions.  It came out before IE as well and educational institutions
was were the web was most used (at first).  This legacy means that NN is
used more often at institutions than IE but that is changing.

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David Merchant
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