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When Internet Explorer passed Netscape for the first time

A retrospective look at the moment Microsoft's Internet Explorer overtook Netscape Navigator as the world's most used web browser, a milestone in the 1990s browser wars. The piece revisits how Microsoft's bundling of IE with Windows helped it leapfrog the once-dominant Netscape, a shift that fueled the antitrust case against the company.

Why now: Tech history retrospectives about the browser wars continue to resonate with readers interested in Microsoft's rise and its antitrust legacy.

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