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Andreessen on the Browser Wars

Posted by michael on from the if-you-can't-beat-em dept.

Pauly writes "In this interview, Marc Andreessen dismisses the likelihood of a renewed browser war based on the release of Mozilla 1.0. He cites Microsoft's current monopolistic market share, and dares anyone to try and fight it."

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  1. Opera...Open Source??? by waa · · Score: 0, Redundant
    IDG: How about just the idea of having an open source browser, the Opera Web browser for instance.! Is that beneficial to users or developers

    Ummm, Opera may be the "fastest browser on earth" but it is news to me to find out that it is also OPEN SOURCE... Are either of these people (Marc or Matt) up on what is currently going on in the browser market??? Have either of these people ever even seen Opera?

    And BTW, why are there so many exclamation points in that text? I am used to question marks thanks to documents converted from ms word to html, but exclamation marks are a new on to me..

    --
    Windows is not the answer.
    Windows is the question.
    The answer is "NO."
  2. MS Sheep! by wiZd0m · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the Article:

    Andreessen: Generally, Microsoft is a partner of Loudcloud, and we work really well with them at Loudcloud because we support their technology and we have a bunch of customers running on Windows. So we don't take formal positions on remedies or lawsuits.

    Do did you expect him to tell you after this?