Microsoft has at the end of 1994 a bid on browsermaker Netscape, as its browser Netscape Navigator was released. The bid was, however, according to Netscape is too low, then Microsoft the following browseroorlog won.
With a purchase of Netscape, Microsoft would in one fell swoop in 1994 already the market leader have become in the field of web browsers, notes Computerworld. The information about the bid comes from Brendan Eich, who at Netscape has been working on the development of JavaScript. Netscape has the bid is knocked, because it was too low.
After the ricochet from the acquisition of Netscape, Microsoft licensed from Spyglass, which the Mosaic browser made. That led to the first release of Internet Explorer) in August 1995. Thanks to the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows and discouraging the use of Netscapes browser with hardware manufacturers got Microsoft in the years that followed, almost a monopoly on internet browsers. Now the situation is past time: Internet Explorer is still the most used browser, but competitors such as the Netscape Navigator emerged Firefox, Apple’s Safari browser and Google Chrome also have a significant share of the browser market in the hands.
