The Rise and Fall of Internet Explorer: How Winning the War Killed It

The rise and fall of Internet Explorer: it crushed Netscape, triggered the biggest antitrust case in tech history, hit 95% of the global browser market, and then Microsoft let it rot for five years. Here's how the browser that won everything became the most hated program on Earth, and ended with an actual funeral in South Korea. In this video you'll learn: How a 24-year-old contractor convinced Microsoft the web was a threat to Windows Bill Gates's 1995 "Internet Tidal Wave" memo How Microsoft licensed Mosaic's code from Spyglass, then made it free The antitrust trial that nearly broke Microsoft into two companies How Internet Explorer hit 95% market share, then was abandoned for 5 years Firefox, Chrome, and the fall to under 15% share Internet Explorer's 2022 retirement, and its funeral in South Korea CHAPTERS 0:00 The contractor nobody listened to 0:00 Mosaic and the birth of the web browser 0:00 Bill Gates's Internet Tidal Wave memo 0:00 Buying Spyglass's code 0:00 Bundled into Windows, and free 0:00 The browser war with Netscape 0:00 The antitrust trial 0:00 95% of the internet 0:00 Five years of no updates 0:00 Firefox fights back 0:00 Chrome ends it 0:00 Edge, and the funeral in South Korea Do you remember the little blue "e"? Tell us the first website you ever visited in Internet Explorer. More rise-and-fall stories of the companies that built the internet are coming. Subscribe "Byte & Fall" so you don't miss the next one. #InternetExplorer #TechHistory #RiseAndFall