***Microsoft Launches IE 3.0
by Rob Glidden
On Monday after SIGGRAPH, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer at a low-
key extravaganza in SF. It is "priced to sell", Bill Gates told the
launch audience.
Note that a VRML 2.0 plugin, promoted at SIGGRAPH by Microsoft through
its announcement of a licensing arrangement with DimensionX, was absent
from the launch event for IE 3.0. Browser plug-ins in general seem to be
moving to an increasingly secondary role as the "main event" browsers
have become multimedia, layout, and feature enabled. VRML, like every
other browser plug-in data type, will be fighting the "out-of-the-
plugin-and-into-the-browser" battle in the coming months.
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