IE/AOL/Netscape: What Happens Next?
Jeffrey Zeldman,
The Daily Report,
Jun 01, 2003
Some good commentary in this blog entry, plus links to the main articles in this story. In a nutshell: Microsoft has paid AOL $750 million, effectively ending the anti-trust suit filed by Netscape. This has led to widespread (and justified) speculation that AOL will drop Netscape. In the meantime, there will be no future standalone versions of Internet Explorer. If you want an improved browser, you will have to buy Microsoft's next operating system or sign up for its MSN service. With the SCO attack on Linux and the browser war essentially concluded, it seems clear that Microsoft is going after the whole ball of wax in an effort to be The Internet. It is an audacious plan, it is a bold plan, and it is a very, very dangerous plan.
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