I te 24 o Noema 1998, i kii a America Online (AOL) ka riro ia Netscape Communications i roto i te utu kore-taake-kore e $ 4.2 piriona. I tenei wa, i hurihia te tirohanga a Andreessen mo Netscape; ki a ia, ehara i te mea he kaitirotiro noa, intranet, extranet, he kamupene raupaparorohiko ranei, engari he whakakotahitanga o nga hua me nga ratonga. I te wa i hokona ai te hoko i te Poutu-te-rangi 17, 1999, he $ 10 piriona te utu. I whakahaweatia tenei whakakotahitanga e te hunga i whakapono kaore e taea e nga ahurea umanga e rua; ko tetahi o ona kaitohutohu rongonui ko te kaiwhakawhanake Netscape a Jamie Zawinski. I kitea te whiwhinga hei huarahi mo te AOL ki te whiwhi i te miihini hokohoko ki a Microsoft, kia iti ake ai te whakawhirinaki ki te kaitirotiro Ipurangi Ipurangi. I whakapono etahi atu i te AOL ko te Netscape, intranet, extranet, he kamupene raupaparorohiko ranei, engari he whakakotahitanga
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