Internet Explorer

Firefox -- the flag bearer of free software
Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race.
Resistance really was futile
Microsoft and AOL announce an unholy $750 million alliance. Where does that leave Mozilla, Netscape's open-source rebel child?
Mozilla rising
Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows.
Microsoft should be punished
The feds failed to order a breakup when it could have done some good. Now, based on the government's findings, Sun, Netscape and Be are suing -- with good reason.
Netscape's folly
The loser in the browser wars has filed a private antitrust suit against Microsoft. But the company doesn't deserve to win.
Citizen Gates
The media played the Microsoft trial as a judgment on the CEO's personality -- and there was no way he could win.
Mozilla dreams
Can the open-source browser redeem Netscape's name and give Microsoft a run for its money?
Briefing for a descent into computer hell
The chilling story of a deadline-addled writer's disintegration triggered by the seven words no keyboard jockey wants to hear.
Microsoft disputes IBM testimony
Microsoft challenges an executive's claim that Redmond pressured IBM to distribute its browser and not Netscape's.
Let's Get This Straight: Court to Microsoft: "Integrated" means whatever you say it does
In the latest antitrust decision, Microsoft finds some friends on the bench.
Who owns the desktop?
Who owns the desktop? By Andrew Leonard. Microsoft and the Department of Justice stake their claims to the ultimate information battleground: the user interface.
Reviews: The little browser that could
Move over Microsoft and Netscape -- opera is coming to town.
21st:Please, Mr. Postman?
Netscape's and Microsoft's software just don't get along -- and God anyone who tries to get them to make up and be nice.
21st:They know what's best for you
Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. They know what's best for you: Microsoft's claims about how tough it is to remove its browser are only the latest case of the computer industry's arrogant attitude toward customers.
21st: Microsoft to world: Remove our browser and your system will crash.
Let's Get This Straight: By Scott Rosenberg. Microsoft to world: Remove our browser and your system will crash.
21st: 21st Briefing
Scott Rosenberg on the temporary order issued by a federal judge on 12/11/97, forbidding Microsoft to force computer manufacturers to included Internet Explorer whenever they install Windows 95 on a new computer
Dragonslayer
An interview with Ralph Nader who is organizing a conference in Washington, D.C., in Nov. 1997 to explore how Microsoft is extending its near-monopolistic control of the software business into other industries, including banking, insurance, car dealerships, travel services, real estate and television.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
One industry sage thought he was joking when he suggested Microsoft buy into Apple. Boy, was he surprised.

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