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Netscape Born
April 4, 1994 Ironically, 19 years to the day after Microsoft was formed, Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark create the Mosaic Communications Corporation, which will later be renamed Netscape Communications Corporation. Andreessen had developed the Mosaic web browser while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. Netscape Born…
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Netscape Discontinued
March 1, 2008 America Online discontinues the Netscape web browser. Netscape was the first commercial web browser, largely responsible for helping popularize the Internet in the mid-1990’s. Netscape eventually was overtaken by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as Microsoft included it for free with every copy of Windows. However, the computer code for Netscape lives on as…
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AOL Buys Netscape
November 24, 1998 AOL announces it will buy Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock deal worth approximately $ 4.2 billion. At the time it was considered a move by AOL and Netscape to merge forces to better compete with Microsoft in the browser and Internet provider markets. However, Microsoft’s dominance in the personal computer market could…
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Gates Admits Netscape Lockout
March 2, 1997 During a hearing on Microsoft’s alleged antitrust activities, Bill Gates admits Microsoft’s contracts bar Internet content providers from promoting Netscape’s browser. Eventually, Internet Explorer dominates the web browser market as it is shipped for free with every copy of Windows. The post Gates Admits Netscape Lockout appeared first on This Day…
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Netscape 1.0 Released
December 15, 1994 Netscape Communications Corporation releases Netscape Navigator 1.0, the world’s first commercially developed web browser, although this particular version was free for non-commercial use. The post Netscape 1.0 Released appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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AOL Buys Netscape
November 24, 1998 AOL announces it will buy Netscape Communications in a stock-for-stock deal worth approximately $ 4.2 billion. At the time it was considered a move by AOL and Netscape to merge forces to better compete with Microsoft in the browser and Internet provider markets. However, Microsoft’s dominance in the personal computer market could…
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Netscape Born
April 4, 1994 Ironically, 19 years to the day after Microsoft was formed, Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark create the Mosaic Communications Corporation, which will later be renamed Netscape Communications Corporation. Andreessen had developed the Mosaic web browser while working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois. The post…
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Gates Admits Netscape Lockout
March 2, 1997 During a hearing on Microsoft’s alleged antitrust activities, Bill Gates admits Microsoft’s contracts bar Internet content providers from promoting Netscape’s browser. Eventually, Internet Explorer dominates the web browser market as it is shipped for free with every copy of Windows. The post Gates Admits Netscape Lockout appeared first on This Day…
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Netscape 1.0 Released
December 15, 1994 Netscape Communications Corporation releases Netscape Navigator 1.0, the world’s first commercially developed web browser, although this particular version was free for non-commercial use. The post Netscape 1.0 Released appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Netscape Discontinued
March 1, 2008 America Online discontinues the Netscape web browser. Netscape was the first commercial web browser, largely responsible for helping popularize the Internet in the mid-1990’s. Netscape eventually was overtaken by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as Microsoft included it for free with every copy of Windows. However, the computer code for Netscape lives on as…