bump

space age madness

Space Age Madness
About / Blog / Kungfumaster
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2022 · Log in

You are here: Home / Old / AOL buys Netscape

AOL buys Netscape

November 24, 1998 By Robert Occhialini

I started out using Mosaic as my first browser. It was a few years ago, and I hardly remember those early days of using the net. I remember the change to Netscape only slightly, but I do remember each version change in those early days. We’d check Netscape’s FTP server waiting for the new betas. Before I was doing the net as my full time gig. It was special. This marks the end of an era, and rather than resisting, I am going to choose to embrace the change.

Plenty of news coverage of the announcement already.

  • AOL To Acquire Netscape (ABC)
  • It’s Official! AOL Buys Netscape (NY Times)
  • AOL, Netscape tie knot (CNNfn)
  • AOL buys Netscape for $4.2 billion (News.com)

I wish them luck in this endeavor. There suddenly is a ten-ton gorilla on the Internet.

Filed Under: Old