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The Browser Wars Are Back?

Posted by michael on from the can't-keep-a-good-browser-down dept.

jpkunst writes "ZDNet UK reports and PCWorld.com report that, according to Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, whose comments came during a discussion with Yahoo Chief Operating Officer Dan Rosensweig at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, 'the browser wars are back', thanks to the emerging popularity of products such as Apple's Safari and the open-source Firefox. Andreessen warned that 'competition could compel the company [Microsoft] to use aggressive tactics to protect its Windows operating system monopoly'."

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  1. Wouldn't it be nice... by mjanosko · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    if Microsofts ideas of "aggressive tactics" just ONCE included making a better product?

  2. Yaawwnn... by zaqattack911 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow "Netscape founder Marc Andreessen" is a fucking genius.

    Thanks, I really didn't know Firefox and IE are competitors.

    Allow me to take it all in..... yep this is really front page news.

    Oh, and this breaking news just in... .NET is a competitor of Sun's Java.