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On December 28, 2007, AOL announced that it would drop support for the Netscape web browser and would no longer develop new releases on February 1, 2008. [11] The date was later extended to March 1 [12] to allow a major security update and to add a tool to assist users in migrating to other browsers.
A standalone version of Netscape Navigator was still available, but this was discontinued after version 4.08 for Windows. Standalone versions for other operating systems such as Unix/Linux were maintained up to version 4.8.
Netscape's browser development slowed after releasing its source code, but Microsoft didn't rest. By the end of 1999, Microsoft had won the majority of the market.
Story by Jared Newman. • 3mo. What can you do with a 30-year-old version of Netscape Navigator on a modern computer? From a practical standpoint, not much. Vintage web browsers, if you can even...
The company developed the world’s dominating browser but ultimately lost out to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer due to a set of anticompetitive practices. AOL eventually acquired Netscape in 1998 for $10 billion. After a series of missteps, Netscape eventually shut down its browser in March 2008.
Twenty-five years ago today, a group of tech pioneers founded the company that would eventually create Netscape Navigator. The browser lived a short life, but its legacy looms large.
By close of day, the company's valuation skyrocketed to nearly $3 billion. It was around this time that Microsoft was preparing to release Windows 95 and a separate add-on pack: Windows 95...
It was 20 years ago today that Netscape went public, setting off what we now know as the first dot-com boom. On the day of its IPO, investors’ appetite for Netscape was insatiable.
Industry watchers say Netscape died with its acquisition by AOL for $4.2 billion in 1999 (chronicled in the National Geographic series Valley of the Boom). But the Navigator browser limped along...
Where are Netscape's pioneers today? After catalyzing the growth of the Web 10 years ago, Netscapees are back in business, doing everything from venture capital to nightclubs.