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Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:04:47 +1000
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From: Sandra Milne <silne at optushome.com.au>
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At 10:46 17/11/2001 +1000, you wrote:
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> >The Netscape httpd server is still available (called iPlanet).
>
>
>Actually, Netscape Navigator used to be a non-free product (around $50-$100
>US IIRC) and supplied a significant amount of Netscape's revenue. At the
>time of the IE/Netscape debacle Netscape could provide its browser at no
>cost to compete with MS as, by that time, the majority of Netscape's revenue
>came from server products. By the time Netscape won a pyrrhic victory over
>MS, the writing was on the walland Netscape was eventually sold to AOL. The
>IT industry is like astronomy...the brightest metors mostly only burn for a
>short while.

I remember downloading Netscape version 1.0 for windows 3.1 -- didn't cost 
me a cent. Are you sure it wasn't called something else previously? I do 
recall you could buy it in stores, but it was also available for free download.

Sandra.

silne at optushome.com.au
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