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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. okay? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Isn't this obvious at this point? It's discussed everytime anything FireFox is brought up.

  2. "Self"-defense. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    "Andreessen warned that 'competition could compel the company [Microsoft] to use aggressive tactics to protect its Windows operating system monopoly'.""

    Does this involve guns in any fashion?

  3. Browser Wars - FireFox Menace by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I knew I should have picked up Star Wars instead of Browser Wars.

    Mozilla adopts Jar Jar as the new spokecreature.

  4. Re:Huh? by EnderWiggnz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    nevermind that netscape 4.7x was the least standards compliant browser of the time.

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