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=Netscape - Netscape Communications was the first web browser invented. It is a computer services company best known for its Web browser, Navigator.= A team led by Marc Andreeson in 1993 created Mosaic at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications. It was the first web browser with a graphic user interface. It was later renamed Navigator to avoid copyright infringment. Netscape Communications was taken public by Marc Andreessen and entrepreneur Jim Clark in 1995 because of the growing usage of the internet.

In 1998, Netscape started the open source Mozilla project, which eventually resulted in the Firefox Web browser. Netscape Communications is now part of America Online (AOL). AOL initially envisioned the Netscape Web site as a Web portal, providing a source of revenue through advertising and e-commerce. After the antitrust ruling found that Microsoft had held and abused monopolistic power, Microsoft settled with AOL for $750 million dollars. As part of the settlement, AOL gained the rights to use and distribute Internet Explorer.

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