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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Wwwwolf (talk | contribs) at 18:27, 23 May 2006 (→Disappearance). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


Disappearance

I trimmed the "Mysterious disappearance" section a bit. Mostly because it was a borderline original research ("If one were to take the analogy further...") and it was also speculative ("it could be that..."). Further, it had lots of weaseling ("some consider"). It's fine to say "MS won the browser war and then rested on its laurels", and everyone knows that, but can we point to a reference that says so?

But the bigger question in that case is, even if we do source this stuff, do we care, and does it have any relevance to this topic? Microsoft's love-hate relationship with Unixen probably needs an article of its own...

Now don't get me wrong, I have the same opinion as the article's former conclusions were; I just couldn't justify their existence in the current form, and I don't think speculation in general has place in Wikipedia.

And frankly, its disappearance wasn't "mysterious". Unprofitable and uncomfortable projects get discontinued all the time. What was mysterious that the browser existed at all in the first place. =) --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 18:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Oh yeah, and I'd like to note that external links on the speculation are probably OK though, they may provide additional insight with no constraints set by Wikipedia's policies - just don't go using them as sources or something =) --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 18:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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