Netscape: The Browser That Started it All Dies a Quiet Death


	Netscape: The Browser That Started it All Dies a Quiet Death

Mohir

2-1-2008 7:28 AM

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netscape, internet, internet explorer, firefox, history

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2-1-2008 9:40 AM

skwirlinator

Haven't used it in years

2-1-2008 12:14 PM

arifsali

And if not for Microsoft's monopoly over their OS, the IE would have died too.

2-1-2008 4:00 PM

pawsalmighty

I remember the good old days of Navigator lol

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