> You can't market your way into billions of sales over such a long period while a superior product exists at a lower price sold literally right next to it.
Microsoft's "Internet Explorer" would like a word with you...
Microsoft's "Internet Explorer" would like a word with you...
If you don't use iOS but have to develop for it it's completely understandable that you end up resenting it.
>> The "N" evaluation versions were identical to the commercial versions; the letter was intended as a reminder to people to pay for the browser once they felt they had tried it long enough and were satisfied with it.
>> This distinction was formally dropped within a year of the initial release, and the full version of the browser continued to be made available for free online, with boxed versions available on floppy disks (and later CDs) in stores along with a period of phone support.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator#Origin
You _could_ pay for Netscape for a brief period of less than a year after initial release. You never _had_ to, and I was a user from some time in 1995, all the way through the Mozilla Application Suite, then later Phoenix / Firefox. I never paid a penny for the privilege.