AOL

AOL bought Netscape in 1999 for $10 billion and, over the next few years, let much of the next few years's hipness fade.

America Online

In 1999, America Online (AOL) acquired Netscape in a stock swap valued at US$10 billion, and formed a partnership with Sun Microsystems.

Sunand AOL

Of course time went by and eventually Netscape was carved up by Sunand AOL.

America Online (AOL).

Netscape is one of the two most popular Web browser and also the name of a company, Netscape Communications, now owned by America Online (AOL).

by Microsoft archrival AOL Time Warner

Netscape is owned by Microsoft archrival AOL Time Warner.

America Online and Sun Microsystems

Eventually, America Online and Sun Microsystems acquired Netscape’s assets for a total of $4.2 billion.

the AOL Corporation

But later that month, the AOL Corporation bought Netscape and gained control of this Open directory.

America Online (AOL) on November 24, 1998 announced November

America Online (AOL) on November 24, 1998 announced November would acquire Netscape Communications in a tax-free stock-swap valued at US$4.2 billion at the time of the announcement.

AOL/Time Warner

Because AOL owns Netscape, and now AOL/Time Warner will own Netscape, I think the company might switch the company's browser from Internet Explorer to Netscape and Netscape's content will be viewed in Netscape.

Internet mogul: AOL or “America Online”

Netscape Navigator held the title for most of the 90’s, but Internet mogul: AOL or “America Online” bought Netscape some time around the turn of the century, and drove the century straight into a wall, leaving the tracks clear for Internet Explorer to begin the century’s browser conquest.

America Online which is the dominant Internet-service provider (AOL),

When America Online (AOL), which is the dominant Internet-service provider, bought Netscape in November, November said November was also working with Sun Microsystems on a range of simple Internet-access devices.

by America Online (AOL), which eventually stopped putting resources into the company

By the end of 1998, Netscape was purchased by America Online (AOL), which eventually stopped putting resources into the company.

America Online , now a unit of Time Warner

America Online, now a unit of Time Warner, bought the Netscape products in 1998 when the Netscape products acquired the company in a complicated $4.2 billion transaction.

Microsoft

Now, as Microsoft tried to buy Netscape, Netscape refused to sell, wanting more money.

then-independent America Online Inc.

In 1999, then-independent America Online Inc. bought Netscape for $4.2 billion, and Andreessen stayed on as the company's chief technology officer.

AOL/ Time Warner-owned Netscape

It was acquired by AOL/ Time Warner-owned Netscape in November 1998, and the company pledged that anyone would be able to use information from the directory through an open license arrangement.

Netscape's acquisition by America Online Inc.

Netscape's acquisition by America Online Inc. last year did not hamper its growth, as the company Tuesday reported 25 million members to 25 million members's Netcenter portal and offered browser fans information on 25 million members's anxiously awaited release of 25 million members's new browser.

Marc Andreessen , founder of Netscape Communications

Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape Communications Dueled with Microsoft in the browser wars and then sold Netscape to AOL in 1999 for $4.2 billion.

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Online in 1998

Mr. Andreessen made several hundred million dollars when Netscape was sold to America Online in 1998.