Remember the browser battle? It may be back.
The epic battle between Netscape Communications, now a unit of AOL Time Warner, and Microsoft over whose Web-browsing software would dominate is just a memory. And in case you missed it, Microsoft won. The Internet Explorer browser, riding on the coattails of the Windows operating system, ultimately overwhelmed the once-dominant Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator.
But choice has remained nevertheless. Netscape is still around--and still pumping out new releases of its software, the latest of which to see the light of day is version 7.0.
As part of the AOL empire, the Netscape browser has yet to be used as a serious anti-Microsoft weapon. The America Online service still uses Internet Explorer as its default Web browser and AOL hasn't said if that arrangement is likely to change. Netscape's current mission is to renew the attack on Explorer and try to erode its huge market lead.
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