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A browser war is a competition for dominance in the usage share of web browsers. The " first browser war " (1995–2001) consisted of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, [ 2] and the " second browser war " (2004-2017) between Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome.
Version 3.0 of Netscape was the first to face any serious competition in the form of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, but Netscape held off Microsoft's challenge and remained the number one browser for the time.
So even as Internet Explorer improved and caught up to Netscape, Microsoft started pushing their distribution channels. They gave away the browser for free to PC manufacturers and Internet Service Providers to bundle into their hardware.
Jan 30, 2023 · In the end, Microsoft won the browser war against Netscape for two simple reasons: It had deep enough pockets to offer its browser free forever, and it could place that browser in a prominent...
Netscape refused the proposition. Microsoft released version 1.0 of Internet Explorer as a part of the Windows 95 Plus Pack add-on. According to former Spyglass developer Eric Sink, Internet Explorer was based not on NCSA Mosaic as commonly believed, but on a version of Mosaic developed at Spyglass [33] (which itself was based upon NCSA Mosaic).
Aug 3, 2023 · Throughout the "browser wars" with Microsoft, Netscape did significantly improve during the rise of Internet Explorer. In September 1995, the 2.0 version of Netscape Navigator...
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In 1997, Microsoft declares war on Netscape with the release of Internet Explorer 4. The war was officially on when a a group of Microsoft employees placed a large metal likeness of the Internet Explorer logo on the front lawn at Netscape Communications in Mountain View, California.
