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The moment Internet Explorer overtook Netscape

Original: When Internet Explorer passed Netscape for the first time

A retrospective is recalling the moment Microsoft's Internet Explorer overtook Netscape Navigator in browser usage for the first time, a landmark of the 1990s browser wars. The shift marked Microsoft's decisive victory in the fight for the early web, following its bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, and set the stage for the antitrust battles that followed.

Why now: Nostalgia and interest in tech history keep the milestone of Microsoft's browser victory a recurring topic

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