Download: True Story of the Internet
Browser War
1. Early 1990’s the Internet was an ____________________________ research network.
Fall 1993
2. ____________________________ is the co-creator of the first browser Mosaic.
Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA, University of Illinois, beginning in late 1992. NCSA released the browser
in 1993, and officially discontinued development and support on January 7,
1997.
3. ____________________________ is the co-founder of Netscape with Marc
Andreessen, the first commercial browser.
4. ____________________________ didn’t quite get the importance of “the Web.”
5. By 1993 about 90% of the world’s computers were running Microsoft Windows.
1994
6. October 13, 1994 Netscape launched its web browser _________________________.
7. The Internet age had begun and it had nothing to with _________________________.
8. In 30 days, ____________ of the people who were on the web had switched from
Mosaic to Navigator.
9. Microsoft began to imagine (fear) a future where the browser could be an
____________________________ to Windows.
1995
10. The ____________________________ Gary Reback was hired by Netscape.
11. August 1995 Netscape went public (IPO) igniting the __________________________
for the rest of the decade.
12. Netscape violated one of the Silicon Valley’s cardinal rules,
________________________________________________________.
13. Microsoft created a web browser of its own, ____________________________.
1996
14. Microsoft’s plan was to analyze Netscape’s every move and ___________________.
15. Microsoft used certain ____________________________ to keep manufacturers
from installing any other browser besides Microsoft Internet Explorer. (IE)
1997
16. Netscape needed to make a profit, so Microsoft did something extraordinary, giving
IE away for _______________________, bundling it with its operating system.
17. By September 1997 the browser wars were over and _________________________.
1998
18. U.S. Department of Justice launched an ____________________________ against
Microsoft.
2000
19. June 2000, Federal Judge found Microsoft __________________________
recommending that Microsoft be split-up in two
20. A Federal Appeals Court decided the verdict was too harsh and
____________________________.