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Compuserve
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Both c|net and Slashdot are reporting that Compuserve 7 has shipped, and AOL used Gecko, rather than Trident (IE), to power the layout of content. Compuserve's content is completely web-based, so AOL using Gecko as the layout engine shows their confidence in it. Check out the c|net story or if you have Compuserve, grab 7.0.
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Compuserve 2000 only supports Windows 95/98 and closely resembles AOL because it uses an identical installation routine, the same e-mail client, and a similar interface. CompuServe 2000 ... shares the same V.90 network as AOL.
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As it happens, a few more mouse clicks enabled any Windows 95 user to bring up an AOL or Compuserve icon, which would appear automatically thereafter, at the same time as the MSN icon. Evidently content with its discovery that MSN's edge could be ... neutralized, the Antitrust Division abandoned its threat to block Windows 95. In retrospect, however, Bingaman's concern was just plain silly. MSN now loses an estimated $200 million annually providing service to fewer than 3 million customers. AOL, by contrast, has 9 million subscribers and will add nearly 3 million more with its acquisition of Compuserve's consumer business.(7) Although rivals whined that bundling MSN software with Windows 95 would swamp competition, Microsoft's feared clout has not materialized. Whatever competitive advantage Microsoft may enjoy in the sale of operating systems, the company has been singularly ineffectual in leveraging that advantage.
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