Word: browser
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...allegations came after the Justice Department released an e-mail Lessig wrote to a Netscape executive last year criticizing Microsoft. Lessig wrote that he "sold [his] soul" by installing Internet Explorer (Microsoft's answer to the Netscape's popular Navigator Web browser) on his computer...
Gates says the government is violating the spirit of innovation by questioning its business practices. He says that a 1990s operating system must, by definition, include a Web browser to be a viable product...
Perhaps it would be convenient to have a Web browser built into Windows. But remember that two decades ago, it was convenient to get local and long-distance phone service from one vendor--Ma Bellsystem. This meant absurdly high prices too since the phone company had no competition...
Netscape today announced heavy casualties in its Browser Wars with Microsoft: The Silicon Valley start-up expects to post a surprise $85 million loss for the last quarter. Company officials blamed the 88-cent-per-share loss on the collapse of Pacific markets, as well as "competitive pressure" on its client-side browser software...
...that the company would put up a solid 14-cents-per-share gain, was not amused, and Netscape stock sank to $18 5/16 in early afternoon trading. Company stock has lost over half its value since early October on fears that it will be the big loser in its browser war with Microsoft. With Microsoft's Internet Explorer gaining popularity, the investors just might be right. Of course, a federal judge in Washington could have something to say about that in a hearing next week to determine whether Microsoft should be fined $1 million a day for illegally tying...