Microsoft VS. Netscape

While the Internet Explorer’s browser market arrived at 10% only, Netscape reached 86%, in 1996. But with Microsoft incorporating its browsers with its operating system and bundling deals with OEM’s, the percentage of the two reversed. It is true that Microsoft faced antitrust litigation but Netscape’s irreparable declination in the market share trend thus, ending the browsers’ wars. But Netscape open sourced its product in creating Mozilla when it was incapable to maintain commercially funding their product’s development. It helped the browser continue their technical edge over Internet Explorer but did not slow Netscape’s declining market share. Microsoft announced in 2003 that Internet Explorer will be part of the Windows platform evolution and not a separate product. On the other hand, AOL in 2008 encouraged users to use Mozilla Firefox and will no longer support Netscape.