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“So much for Netscape 8.0.
“That’s one upshot of Thursday’s settlement between Microsoft
and AOL Time Warner, according to industry analysts who predict
that the Netscape browser–currently at version 7.02–will now move
from a neglected orphan of AOL Time Warner to a candidate for
euthanasia.“‘For the most part, it means Netscape is pretty much gone,’
said Rob Enderle, an analyst for research firm Giga Information
Group. ‘AOL is going to continue indefinitely now on IE (Internet
Explorer) and has no justification really to continue funding
Netscape…'”
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