1996-02-15 - Re: NETSCAPE IS “IN MERGER TALKS WITH AMERICA ONLINE”

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From: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: 24e03dd9150cd2ba2bc956c34bad9437fe7ba4969783d9cd82758d059b978cd9
Message ID: <199602140044.TAA29736@bb.hks.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-15 06:48:54 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:48:54 +0800

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From: Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:48:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NETSCAPE IS "IN MERGER TALKS WITH AMERICA ONLINE"
Message-ID: <199602140044.TAA29736@bb.hks.net>
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Bill Frantz wrote:
[..]
> could be made within a month. He noted that new data showed that 40% of US
> Internet traffic was flowing through America OnLine's network and that
> together with Netscape the two companies would effectively  control the
> technology now shaping the global network - "And then Microsoft would be
> left without an Internet standard,".

I dunno. The World Wide Web Consortium supposedly exists to prevent 
corporations from controlling the technology and standards.  Most web 
sites are not on AOL, and not run under DOS/Windows.

Rob
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