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- Microsoft quietly buys Netscape browser technology (and patents) http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-quietly-buys-netscape-browser-technology-09222093/ 30 comments
- Microsoft buys Netscape patents from AOL as part of $1 billion deal http://allthingsd.com/20120409/attention-marc-andreessen-microsoft-just-bought-part-of-netscape/ 11 comments
- Apple’s Maps and the Shadow of Steve Jobs -- The bundling of Apple’s maps with the iPhone 5, which reflects Steve Jobs’s obsession with control, brings to mind the Microsoft-Netscape antitrust fight of the 1990s http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/business/apples-map-app-could-raise-antitrust-concerns.html?_r=1&hp 9 comments technology
- Microsoft is back up to antitrust mischief after 20 years, Slack claims — Remember when Netscape said Internet Explorer was a problem? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/microsoft-is-back-up-to-antitrust-mischief-after-20-years-slack-claims/ 8 comments technology
- In 1998 Microsoft lost an anti-trust case, forcing them to allow the installation of competing web browsers (Netscape) and other software (Java) on Windows. Would Google exist today if Microsoft didn’t have to back down? What are we sacrificing if Google/Facebook/Amazon/Apple continue unchecked? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/opinion/microsoft-antitrust-case.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 68 comments politics
- 05 December, 1995: AP writes on Microsoft, Netscape, Java, and the forthcoming "JavaScript". https://twitter.com/jonathansampson/status/1021993137072472065 37 comments programming
- Netscape: the web browser that came back to haunt Microsoft http://www.theguardian.com/global/2015/mar/22/web-browser-came-back-haunt-microsoft 12 comments microsoft
- Microsoft quietly buys Netscape browser technology http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-quietly-buys-netscape-browser-technology-09222093/ 4 comments browsers
- Microsoft quietly buys Netscape browser technology http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-quietly-buys-netscape-browser-technology-09222093/ 10 comments firefox
- "For security reasons, we recommend that you use Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer as your browser." https://www.buseyil.com/onlineserv/hb/signon.cgi 4 comments reddit.com
- Microsoft dropped off a giant Internet Explorer logo to Netscape headquarters after IE was released. But before it could be noticed, the Netscape employees pushed it over and put a giant Mozilla statue on top of it. http://home.snafu.de/tilman/mozilla/stomps.html 21 comments reddit.com