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HP to Install Netscape on all new PCs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bring-back-the-browser-wars dept.

TJ Parisi writes "News.com is reporting that HP / Compaq will begin to install all PCs sold in the US and Canada with Netscape. Users will be prompted with the option to set either Netscape or IE as the default browser." From the article: "The agreement, which the companies are set to announce Monday, is the first browser distribution deal with a major PC maker since the end of the browser wars in the 1990s, according to Netscape, a division of Time Warner's America Online subsidiary."

3 of 401 comments (clear)

  1. Eh by Ummu · · Score: 0, Troll

    At least they give an alternate choice to IE, though I doubt people would choose netscape. It has a really bad reputation with the common folk.

  2. Open Office by rtb61 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Come on guys, be daredevils how about open office too (in for a penny in for a pound).

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  3. Re:Meh by twitter · · Score: 0, Troll
    That's like asking someone to choose between two pieces of excrement. Why not a choice between Opera and Firefox instead?

    Why not just install Mepis? What good is the best of browsers on M$?

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