Netscape Kept Gaining Users. How Did Microsoft Win?

Netscape Navigator kept reaching more computers. Yet the next wave of browser use was moving toward Internet Explorer. How could a growing audience still lose the browser war? Netscape helped turn the graphical web into an everyday habit. This documentary follows Mosaic, Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark, Navigator's commercial rise, and a rival that improved while arriving free on users' machines. The decisive question reached beyond browser quality: what appeared on a new PC's desktop, what came inside a provider's installer, and which choices Netscape itself offered. AOL's purchase of Netscape reveals the final paradox: owning the browser did not give its new owner control of the route to the next user. Chapters 00:00 The browser that kept growing 02:16 Beyond Mosaic 06:29 Microsoft sees a threat 09:17 Who controls the desktop? 12:29 The internet provider's choice 15:40 AOL's browser bargain 19:14 Free software and open code 23:17 AOL buys Netscape #Netscape #BrowserWars #TechHistory The creator of this video does not claim ownership of third-party materials featured in it. Rights remain with their respective owners.