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Netscape
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryInternet, software, & telecommunication
FounderJames H. Clark
Marc AndreessenEdit this on Wikidata
Defunct1 March 2008
Headquarters
United States
Key people
James L. Barksdale(CEO)
ProductsInternet suite
Web browser
Internet service provider
Web portal
Number of employees
2,500 (1999)[1]
ParentAOLEdit this on Wikidata
Websiteisp.netscape.com

Netscape Communications Corporation(originallyMosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters inMountain View, California,and thenDulles, Virginia.[2]ItsNetscape web browserwas once dominant but lost toInternet Explorerand other competitors in thefirst browser war,with its market share falling from more than 90 percent in the mid-1990s[3]to less than one percent in 2006.[4]An early Netscape employee,Brendan Eich,created theJavaScriptprogramming language, the most widely used language forclient-sidescriptingof web pages. A founding engineer of Netscape,Lou Montulli,createdHTTP cookies.The company also developedSSLwhich was used for securing online communications before its successorTLStook over.[5]

Netscape stock traded from 1995 until 1999 when the company was acquired byAOLin apooling-of-intereststransaction ultimately worth US$10 billion.[6][7]In February 1998, approximately one year prior to its acquisition by AOL, Netscape released the source code for its browser and created theMozilla Organizationto coordinate future development of its product.[8]The Mozilla Organization rewrote the entire browser's source code based on theGecko rendering engine,[9]and all future Netscape releases were based on this rewritten code. When AOL scaled back its involvement with Mozilla Organization in the early 2000s, the Organization proceeded to establish theMozilla Foundationin July 2003 to ensure its continued independence with financial and other assistance from AOL.[10]The Gecko engine is used to power the Mozilla Foundation'sFirefoxbrowser.

In addition to browsers, Netscape developed a suite of award-winning server software, known as SuiteSpot, to power enterprise Internet and Intranet websites, forums, and email; e-commerce software; and a consumer web portal named Netcenter. Netscape's browser development continued until December 2007, when AOL announced that the company would stop supporting it by early 2008.[11][12]As of 2024, AOL continued to use the Netscape brand to market a discount Internet service provider.[13][14][15]

History

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Early years

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Netscape Communications wants you to forget all the highway metaphors you've ever heard about the Internet. Instead, think about an encyclopedia—one with unlimited, graphically rich pages, connections to E-mail and files, and access to Internet newsgroups and online shopping.

—Netscape Navigator,Macworld(May 1995)[16]

Netscape was the first company to attempt to capitalize on the emergingWorld Wide Web.[17][18]It was founded under the nameMosaic Communications Corporationon April 4, 1994, the brainchild ofJim Clarkwho had recruitedMarc Andreessenas co-founder andKleiner Perkinsas investors. The first meeting between Clark and Andreessen was never truly about a software or service like Netscape, but more about a product that was similar to Nintendo.[19]Clark recruited other early team members fromSGIandNCSA Mosaic.Jim Barksdalecame on board as CEO in January 1995.[18]Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen originally created a 20-page concept pitch for an online gaming network toNintendofor theNintendo 64console, but a deal was never reached. Marc Andreessen explains, "If they had shipped a year earlier, we probably would have done that instead of Netscape."[20]

The company's first product was the web browser, calledMosaic Netscape 0.9,released on October 13, 1994. Within four months of its release, it had already taken three-quarters of the browser market.[19]It became the main browser for Internet users in such a short time due to its superiority over other competition, like Mosaic.[19]This browser was subsequently renamedNetscape Navigator,and the company took the "Netscape" name (coined by employee Greg Sands,[18]although it was also a trademark ofCisco Systems[21]) on November 14, 1994,[22]to avoid trademark ownership problems withNCSA,where the initial Netscape employees had previously created theNCSA Mosaicweb browser. The Mosaic Netscape web browser did not use any NCSA Mosaic code.[23]The internalcodenamefor the company's browser wasMozilla,which stood for "Mosaic killer", as the company's goal was to displace NCSA Mosaic as the world's number oneweb browser.[24]A cartoonGodzilla-like lizard mascot was drawn by artist-employee Dave Titus,[25]which went well with the theme of crushing the competition. The Mozilla mascot featured prominently on Netscape's website in the company's early years. However, the need to project a more "professional" image (especially towards corporate clients) led to this being removed.

Initial public offering (IPO)

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The original green and purpleMozilla mascot,aGodzilla-like lizard which represented the company's goal of producing the browser that would be the "Mosaic killer"

On August 9, 1995, Netscape made an extremely successfulIPO,only sixteen months after the company was formed. The stock was set to be offered at US$14 per share, but a last-minute decision doubled the initial offering to US$28 per share. The stock's value soared to US$75 during the first day of trading, nearly a record for first-day gain. The stock closed at US$58.25, which gave Netscape a market value of US$2.9 billion. While it was somewhat unusual for a company to go public prior to becoming profitable, Netscape's revenues had, in fact, doubled every quarter in 1995.[26]The success of this IPO subsequently inspired the use of the term "Netscape moment" to describe a high-visibility IPO that signals the dawn of a new industry.[27][28]During this period, Netscape also pursued a publicity strategy (crafted byRosanne Siino,then head of public relations) packaging Andreessen as the company's "rock star."[29]The events of this period ultimately landed Andreessen, barefoot, on the cover ofTimemagazine.[30]The IPO also helped kickstart widespread investment in internet companies that created thedot-com bubble.[31]

It is alleged that several Microsoft executives visited the Netscape campus in June 1995 to propose dividing the market (an allegation denied by Microsoft and, if true, would have breached antitrust laws), which would have allowed Microsoft to produce web browser software forWindowswhile leaving all other operating systems to Netscape.[32]Netscape refused the proposition. Microsoft released version 1.0 ofInternet Exploreras a part of theWindows 95Plus Packadd-on. According to formerSpyglassdeveloper Eric Sink, Internet Explorer was based not on NCSA Mosaic as commonly believed, but on a version of Mosaic developed at Spyglass[33](which itself was based upon NCSA Mosaic).

This period of time would become known as thebrowser wars.Netscape Navigator was not free to the general public until January 1998,[34]while Internet Explorer andInternet Information Serverhave always been free or came bundled with an operating system and/or other applications. Meanwhile, Netscape faced increasing criticism for "featuritis"– putting a higher priority on adding new features than on making their products work properly. Netscape experienced its first bad quarter at the end of 1997 and underwent a large round of layoffs in January 1998. Former Netscape executivesMike HomerandPeter Curriehave described this period as "hectic and crazy" and that the company was undone by factors both internal and external.[35]In January 1998, Netscape started theopen sourceMozillaproject.[36]Netscape publicly released thesource codeof Netscape Communicator 5.0 under theNetscape Public License,which was similar to theGNU General Public Licensebut allowed Netscape to continue to publish proprietary work containing the publicly released code.

TheUnited States Department of Justicefiled anantitrust caseagainst Microsoft in May 1998. Netscape was not a plaintiff in the case, though its executives were subpoenaed and it contributed much material to the case, including the entire contents of the 'Bad Attitude' internal discussion forum.[37]

Acquisition by America Online

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On November 24, 1998,America Online(AOL) announced it would acquire Netscape Communications in a tax-free stock-swap valued at US$4.2 billion.[38][39]By the time the deal closed on March 17, 1999, it was valued at US$10 billion.[6][7]This merger was ridiculed by many who believed that the two corporate cultures could not possibly mesh; one of its most prominent critics was longtime Netscape developerJamie Zawinski.[40]

Disbanding

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During Netscape's acquisition by AOL, joint development and marketing of Netscape software products would occur through the Sun-Netscape Alliance. In the newly branded iPlanet, the software included "messaging and calendar, collaboration, web, application, directory, and certificate servers", as well as "production-ready applications for e-commerce, including commerce exchange, procurement, selling, and billing."[41]In March 2002, when the alliance was ended, "iPlanet became a division of Sun... Sun retained the intellectual property rights for all products and the engineering"[42]

On July 15, 2003,Time Warner(formerly AOL Time Warner) disbanded Netscape. Most of the programmers were laid-off, and the Netscape logo was removed from the building.[43]However, the Netscape 7.2 web browser (developed in-house rather than with Netscape staff, with some work outsourced toSun'sBeijingdevelopment center[44]) was released byAOLon August 18, 2004.[45]

After theSun acquisition by Oraclein January 2010, Oracle continued to sell iPlanet branded applications, which originated from Netscape.[46]

Final release of the browser

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Netscape logo 2005–2007, still used in some portals

The Netscape brand name continued to be used extensively. The company once again had its own programming staff devoted to the development and support for the series ofweb browsers.[47]Additionally, Netscape also maintained thePropeller web portal,which was a popular social-news site, similar toDigg,which was given a new look in June 2006. AOL marketed adiscount ISP serviceunder the Netscape brand name.

A new version of the Netscape browser,Netscape Navigator 9,based onFirefox2, was released in October 2007. It featured a green and grey interface. In November 2007, IE had 77.4% of the browser market, Firefox 16.0%, and Netscape 0.6%, according to Net Applications, an Internet metrics firm.[48]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. These additional features were included in the final version ofNetscape Navigator 9(version 9.0.0.6), released on February 20, 2008.

Software

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Main article:Netscape (web browser)

Classic releases

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Netscape Navigator (versions 0.9–4.08)

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Main article:Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator was Netscape's web browser from versions 1.0–4.8. The firstbeta versionswere released in 1994 and were called Mosaic and later Mosaic Netscape. Then, a legal challenge from theNational Center for Supercomputing Applications(makers ofNCSA Mosaic), which many of Netscape's founders used to develop, led to the name Netscape Navigator. The company's name also changed from Mosaic Communications Corporation to Netscape Communications Corporation.

The browser was easily the most advanced available[citation needed]and so was an instant success, becoming a market leader while still in beta.[19]Netscape's feature-count and market share continued to grow rapidly after version 1.0 was released. Version 2.0 added a full email reader called Netscape Mail, thus transforming Netscape from a single-purpose web browser to anInternet suite.The email client's main distinguishing feature was its ability to displayHTML email.During this period, the entire suite was called Netscape Navigator.

Version 3.0 of Netscape (the first beta was codenamed "Atlas" ) was the first to face any serious competition in the form ofMicrosoftInternet Explorer3.0.[49]But Netscape remained the most popular browser at that time.

Netscape also released a Gold version of Navigator 3.0 that incorporatedWYSIWYGediting withdrag and dropbetween web editor and email components.[50]

Netscape Communicator (versions 4.0–4.8)

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Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp
Main article:Netscape Communicator

Netscape 4 addressed the problem of Netscape Navigator being used as both the name of the suite and the browser contained within it by renaming the suite to Netscape Communicator. After five preview releases in 1996–1997, Netscape released the final version of Netscape Communicator in June 1997. This version, more or less based on Netscape Navigator 3 Code, updated and added new features. The new suite was successful, despite increasing competition from Internet Explorer (IE) 4.0 and problems with the outdated browser core. IE was slow and unstable on the Mac platform until version 4.5.[citation needed]Despite this, Apple entered into an agreement with Microsoft to make IE the default browser on new Mac OS installations, a further blow to Netscape's prestige.[citation needed]The Communicator suite was made up of Netscape Navigator,Netscape Mail & Newsgroups,Netscape Address Book andNetscape Composer(an HTML editor).

On January 22, 1998,Netscape Communications Corporationannounced that all future versions of its software would be available free of charge and developed by anopen sourcecommunity, Mozilla.[51]Netscape Communicator 5.0was announced (codenamed "Gromit" ). However, its release was greatly delayed, and meanwhile, there were newer versions of Internet Explorer, starting withversion 4.These had more features than the old Netscape version, including better support ofHTML4,CSS,DOM,andECMAScript;eventually, the more advancedInternet Explorer 5.0became the market leader.

In October 1998, Netscape Communicator 4.5 was released. It featured various functionality improvements, especially in theMail and Newsgroupscomponent, but did not update the browser core, whose functionality was essentially identical to that of version 4.08. One month later,Netscape Communications Corporationwas bought byAOL.In November, work on Netscape 5.0 was canceled in favor of developing acompletely new program from scratch.

Mozilla-based releases

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Netscape 6 (versions 6.0–6.2.3)

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Main article:Netscape 6

In 1998, an informal group called theMozilla Organizationwas formed and largely funded by Netscape (the vast majority of programmers working on the code were paid by Netscape) to coordinate the development of Netscape 5 (codenamed "Gromit" ), which would be based on the Communicator source code. However, the aging Communicator code proved difficult to work with and the decision was taken to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code. The re-written source code was in the form of theMozillaweb browser, on which, with a few additions, Netscape 6 was based.

Netscape 7 (versions 7.0–7.2)

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Main article:Netscape 7

Netscape 7.0 (based on Mozilla 1.0.1) was released in August 2002 as a direct continuation of Netscape 6 with very similar components. It picked up a few users, but was still very much a minority browser. It did, however, come with the popularRadio@NetscapeInternet radio client. AOL had decided to deactivate Mozilla's popup-blocker functionality in Netscape 7.0, which created an outrage in the community. AOL reversed the decision and allowed Netscape to reinstate the popup-blocker for Netscape 7.01. Netscape also introduced a new AOL-free-version (without the usual AOL add-ons) of the browser suite. Netscape 7.1 (codenamed "Buffy" and based on Mozilla 1.4) was released in June 2003.

In 2003, AOL closed down its Netscape division and laid-off or reassigned all of Netscape's employees. Mozilla.org continued, however, as the independentMozilla Foundation,taking on many of Netscape's ex-employees. AOL continued to develop Netscape in-house (with help fromSun'sBeijingdevelopment center[44]), but, due to there being no staff committed to it, improvements were minimal. One year later, in August 2004, the last version based on Mozilla was released: Netscape 7.2, based on Mozilla 1.7.2.

After an official poll posted on Netscape's community support board in late 2006, speculation arose of the Netscape 7 series of suites being fully supported and updated by Netscape's in-house development team.[52][53][54]

Mozilla Firefox-based releases

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Netscape Browser (version 8.0–8.1.3)

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Between 2005 and 2007, Netscape's releases became known asNetscape Browser.AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on the relatively successfulMozilla Firefox,a re-written version of Mozilla produced by the Mozilla Foundation. This release is not a full Internet suite as before, but is solely a web browser.

Other controversial decisions include the browser only being released forMicrosoft Windowsand featuring both theGeckorendering engineof previous releases and theTridentengine used in Internet Explorer, and switching between them based on a "compatibility list" that came with the browser. This effectively exposed users to the security vulnerabilities in both and resulted in a completely different user experience based on which site they were on. Examples are handling of right-to-left or bi-directional text, user interface widgets, bugs and web standards violations in Trident, etc. On top of this, Netscape Browser 8 even broke Internet Explorer's ability to open XML files by damaging aWindows Registrykey, and would do so every time it was opened, even if the user fixed it manually.[55]

AOL's acquisition of Netscape Communications in November 1998[56]made it less of a surprise when the company laid off the Netscape team and outsourced development toMercurial Communications.[when?]Netscape Browser 8.1.3 was released on April 2, 2007, and included general bug fixes identified in versions 8.0–8.1.2[57][58]

Netscape Navigator (version 9.0)

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Netscape Navigator 9.0

Netscape Navigator 9's features were said to includenewsfeedsupport and become more integrated with the Propeller Internet portal,[59]alongside more enhanced methods of discussion, submission and voting on web pages.[60]It also sees the browser return to multi-platform support acrossWindows,LinuxandMac OS X.[61]Like Netscape version 8.x, the new release was based upon the popularMozilla Firefox(version 2.0), and supposedly had full support of all Firefoxadd-onsandplugins,some of which Netscape was already providing.[62]A beta of the program was first released on June 5, 2007.[63]The final version was released on October 15, 2007. It was the first time the browser was produced in-house with its own programming staff since 2004.[64]

End of development and support

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AOL officially announced[11][12]that support for Netscape Navigator would end on March 1, 2008, and recommended that its users download either theFlockor Firefox browsers, both of which were based on the same technology.[65]

The decision met mixed reactions from communities, with many arguing that the termination of product support is significantly belated. Internet security siteSecurity Watchstated that a trend of infrequent security updates for AOL's Netscape caused the browser to become a "security liability", specifically the 2005–2007 versions,Netscape Browser 8.[66]Asa Dotzler, one ofFirefox'soriginal bug testers, greeted the news with "good riddance" in his blog post, but praised the various members of the Netscape team over the years for enabling the creation of Mozilla in 1998.[67]Others protested and petitioned AOL to continue providing vital security fixes to unknowing or loyal users of its software, as well as protection of a well-known brand.[68][69][70]

Mozilla Thunderbird-based releases

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Netscape Messenger 9

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Main article:Netscape Messenger 9

On June 11, 2007, Netscape announced Netscape Mercury, a standalone email and news client that was to accompany Navigator 9. Mercury was based onMozilla Thunderbird.[71]The product was later renamed Netscape Messenger 9, and an alpha version was released. In December 2007, AOL announced it was canceling Netscape's development of Messenger 9 as well as Navigator 9.

Product list

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Initial product line

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Netscape's initial product line consisted of:

  • Netscape Navigatorweb browser forWindows,Macintosh,OS/2,Unix,andLinux
  • Netsite Communications web server, with a web-based configuration interface[72]
  • Netsite Commerce web server, the Communications server with SSL (https) added
  • Netscape Proxy Server
  • Netscape Merchant System, an e-commerce platform that supported multiple languages & currencies

Later Netscape products

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Netscape's later products included:

  • Netscape Personal Edition (the browser along withPPPsoftware and an account creation wizard to sign up with an ISP)
  • Netscape Communicator(a suite which included Navigator along with tools for mail, news, calendar,VoIP,and composing web pages, and was bundled withAOL Instant MessengerandRealAudio)
  • Netscape FastTrack and Enterpriseweb servers
  • Netscape Collabra Server, aNNTPnews server acquired in a purchase of Collabra Software, Inc.
  • Netscape Directory Server, anLDAPserver
  • Netscape Messaging Server, anIMAPandPOPmail server
  • Netscape Certificate Server, for issuingSSLcertificates
  • Netscape Calendar Server, for group scheduling
  • Netscape Compass Server, asearch engineandspider
  • Netscape Application Server,for designingweb applications
  • Netscape Publishing System, for running a commercial site with news articles and charging users per access
  • Netscape Xpert Servers
    • ECxpert – a server forEDImessage exchange
    • SellerXpert –B to BCommerce Engine
    • BuyerXpert – eProcurement Engine
    • BillerXpert – Online Bill Paying Engine
    • TradingXpert – HTML EDI transaction frontend
    • CommerceXpert – Online Retail Store engine
  • Radio@NetscapeandRadio@Netscape Plus

Propeller

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Main article:Propeller.com

Between June 2006 and September 2007, AOL operated Netscape's website as social news website similar toDigg.The format did not do well as traffic dropped 55.1 percent between November 2006 and August 2007.[73]In September 2007, AOL reverted Netscape's website to a traditional news portal, and rebranded the social news portal as "Propeller", moving the site to the domain "propeller.com." AOL shut down the Propeller website on October 1, 2010.[73]

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Netscape operated a search engine, Netscape Search, which now redirects toAOL Search(which itself now merely servesBing(formerlyGoogle) search results).[74]Another version of Netscape Search was incorporated into Propeller.

Other sites

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Netscape also operated a number of country-specific Netscape portals, including Netscape Canada among others. The portal of Netscape Germany was shut down in June 2008.[citation needed]

The Netscape Blog was written by Netscape employees discussing the latest on Netscape products and services. Netscape NewsQuake (formerlyNetscape Reports) is Netscape's news and opinion blog, including video clips and discussions. As of January 2012,no new posts have been made on either of these blogs since August 2008.

Netscape technologies

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Netscape created theJavaScriptweb page scripting language. It also pioneered the development ofpush technology,which effectively allowed websites to send regular updates of information (weather, stock updates, package tracking, etc.) directly to a user's desktop (aka "webtop" ); Netscape's implementation of this was named Netcaster.[75]However, businesses quickly recognized the use of push technology to deliver ads to users, which annoyed them, so Netcaster was short-lived.

Netscape was notable for itscross-platformefforts. Its client software continued to be made available for Windows (3.1,95,98,NT), Macintosh, Linux,OS/2,BeOS,and many versions of Unix includingDEC,Sun Solaris,BSDI,IRIX,IBM AIX,andHP-UX.Its server software generally was only available for Unix and Windows NT, though some of its servers were made available on Linux, and a version of Netscape FastTrack Server was made available for Windows 95/98. Today, most of Netscape's server offerings live on as theSun Java System,formerly under theSun ONEbranding. Although Netscape Browser 8 was Windows only, multi-platform support exists in theNetscape Navigator 9series of browsers.[37]

Current services

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Netscape Internet Service

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Netscape ISP was a dial-up Internet service once offered at US$9.95 per month.[76]The company served web pages in a compressed format to increase effective speeds up to 1300 kbit/s (average 500 kbit/s). TheInternet service providerwas later run byVerizonunder the Netscape brand. The low-cost ISP was officially launched on January 8, 2004.[77]

Netscape.com

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Netscape drove much traffic from various links included in the browser menus to its web properties. Some say it was very late to leverage this traffic[78]for what would become the start of the major online portal wars.[79]

Netscape's exclusive features, such as the Netscape Blog, Netscape NewsQuake, Netscape Navigator, My Netscape and Netscape Community pages, are less accessible from the AOL Netscape designed portal and in some countries not accessible at all without providing a full URL or completing anInternet search.[80]The new AOL Netscape site was originally previewed in August 2007 before moving the existing site in September 2007.[81]

Netscape.com now redirects to AOL's website, with no Netscape branding at all.[82]Meanwhile, Netscape.co.uk now redirects to AOL Search, also with no Netscape branding at all.[83]

DMOZ

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Main article:DMOZ

DMOZ (fromdirectory.mozilla.org, its originaldomain name,also known as theOpen Directory ProjectorODP), was a multilingualopen contentdirectoryofWorld Wide Weblinks owned[citation needed]by Netscape that was constructed and maintained by acommunityof volunteer editors. It closed in 2017.[84]

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Further reading

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  • Jim Clark,Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took On Microsoft,St. Martin's Press, 1999.
  • Michael E. Cusumano and David B. Yoffie,Competing On Internet Time: Lessons From Netscape And Its Battle With Microsoft,The Free Press, 1998, 2000.
  • Fortune Magazine,"Remembering Netscape: The Birth Of The Web",July 25, 2005.
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