of netscape navigator is dead. rip 1994-2008

AOL Pulls Plug on Netscape Web Browser: AOL decides to kill the Netscape Navigator after February 2008.

Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run. Its current caretakers, Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, decided to kill further development and technical support to focus on growing the company as an advertising business. Netscape's usage dwindled with Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the browser business, and Netscape all but faded away following the birth of its open-source cousin, Firefox.

Other links:
- Web icon set to be discontinued
- RIP: Netscape Navigator (1994-2008)
- RIP Netscape Navigator (1994 - 2008)
- Netscape is dead
- The Netscape browser is dead
- AOL to Shut Down Netscape Support/Development

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