Microsoft browser gains preferred position at Netcom: Software giant takes bold step, but Netscape remains dominant.(Netcom On-Line Communications to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer)

Broadcasting & Cable, August, 1996 by Tedesco, Richard

Software giant takes bold steps, but Netscape remains dominant Microsoft Corp. is taking bold steps toward making its Internet Explorer the standard Internet browser, but Netscape Navigator is likely to maintain its market dominance, at least in the near term. The latest salvo from Microsoft came last week in a quid pro quo deal with Netcom On-Line Communications-one of the nation's largest Internet service providers [ISPs]--that will put Netcom's Internet-access service in Windows 95, while Netcom carries Internet Explorer 3.0 as its preferred browser.

Netcom users can still use Netscape Navigator through Netcom. But they'll get Explorer unless they specifically ask for Navigator. That move came just days after Microsoft cemented a similar deal with...

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