At the same time Microsoft has been whipping Netscape in the browser wars.

FORBES: Empire of pieces

"Microsoft had a bad reputation among Internet elitists mostly because of the browser wars" in 2000 when Microsoft put Netscape out of business, he says.

FORBES: Microsoft-Yahoo!: Ten Takeaways

The tale of the browser wars between Microsoft (MSFT) and Netscape Communications nscp ( nscp) reads a lot like a history of the Western Front in World War I.

FORBES: Net confusion

With the introduction of Google's Chrome and stepped-up games from the likes of Internet Explorer and Safari, Firefox is arguably not quite the darling of the browser wars it was when it first hit the scene in 2003.

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