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Business Week: Don’t Close the Book on Netscape’s Open-Source Browser

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 21, 1999

“While Mozilla isn’t as hot as Linux, it’s hardly dead, either.
In fact, it may soon make its own pretty big splash…”

“Netscape still has little to show for its open-source
experiment, and elegies are being written for it. Microsoft (MSFT)
Senior Vice-President James Allchin has called Netscape’s new
browser “dead on arrival…” Reports of the Mozilla project’s
demise may be premature, however…”

“The real question is how AOL will make money from the
open-source browser… The key, say Netscape insiders, is
Netcenter, Netscape’s Web portal…”

“Netscape has been pleased enough so far with the project that
it’s experimenting with open sourcing in a far different part of
its business: its search engine. The new Open Directory…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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