Still, back in 1999, IE was faster, more robust and feature rich, and easier to use than its rival. Of course, building it into the operating system that’s sold with almost every PC didn’t hurt. How did Microsoft beat Netscape? By building a better browser and giving it away free. Five years of dominance may not seem like forever, but in the computer business it’s a lifetime, and on the web it’s an eternity. In the five years since then, its market share only grew more, until it had over a 95% share. It was in late 1999 that Internet Explorer finally toppled Netscape, becoming the preferred web browser for over 60% of web surfers.
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