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Slashdot: The Netscape Tragedy

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 23, 1998

” The bad news about the new Netscape-AOL-Sun conglomerate is
that the battle between individual expression and freedom and
corporation domination and greed on the Web just got a lot uglier.
We’re getting the one thing the world needs the least: another
giant, powerful and synergistic information hydra. We don’t, as
journalists are saying, finally have some competition for
Microsoft. We just have another Microsoft.

And the good news? There isn’t any: “

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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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