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0 pointskmlx7y ago0 comments

IE was by far the worst browser. i was working as a front end dev durinh those days and got excited when google finally launched chrome, more-so than firefox. the hours and the energy spent on debugging IE is something we will never get back.

on your second point, monopolies create the setting for massive disruption.

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bad_user7y ago· 1 in thread

You're not remembering correctly.

IExplorer 5 was the best browser available, the Chrome of its time.

>> monopolies create the setting for massive disruption

I know that HN has a fetish with disruption, but no, it's not monopolies that create the opportunity for disruption, but the exact opposite of a monopoly, which is competition, often made possible by advances in technology. There's no inherent property of a monopoly that facilitates disruption, other than the monopoly just being on the scene nearby.

kmlxOP7y ago

> IExplorer 5 was the best browser available

That's web 1.0

> but no, it's not monopolies that create the opportunity for disruption, but the exact opposite of a monopoly, which is competition, often made possible by advances in technology.

monopolies innovate less, thus making them prone for disruption. "We develop a new theory of why a monopolistic industry innovates less than a competitive industry" http://www.dklevine.com/papers/monopoly_innovation.pdf

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