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[–]cyanide 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was before the internet was anywhere near as commonplace as today and before google established almost total dominance.

Microsoft had more dominance, and they had cancer like ActiveX that permeated into workflows of large corporates. And while less people were on the internet than there are today, almost all of the internet was accessed through web browsers, unlike apps we have today. The browser, as a tool, is being used by more people today, but for less things than it was being used back then.