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AOL Patent Deal Means Microsoft Now Holds Vestiges of Netscape

Posted by timothy on from the vestiges-are-the-best-part dept.

inode_buddha writes "It's part of the $1 billion AOL patent deal, and it's something that would have made many minds explode back in the 1990s. It still makes my mind explode today. Marc Andreesen points out that MS now has a significant chunk of the old Netscape. What are the ramifications for Mozilla?"

4 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Nothing. by dmacleod808 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dialup... service? What is this?

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  2. MicroScape NaviPlorer? by dryriver · · Score: 4, Funny

    NetSoft InternetEscaper? Netcraft MicroScapeExplorer? MicroCape NetExCavator? A strange marriage, this on... I'll just stick to using FireFox, thank you...

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  3. Old Netscape joke by frank249 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Back in the day, Netscape was going to merge with Yahoo! and move their headquarters to Israel. The new company would be called NetandYahoo!

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  4. Re:Nothing. by Ihmhi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dialup... service? What is this?

    It's like the Internet on your Droid, but it's over a landline and you use a computer instead of a smart phone.

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