The Web: Browser wars flaring up again

By Gene J. Koprowski
Published 1/12/2005 11:21 AM
CHICAGO, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The Web browser wars of the mid-1990s saw Microsoft devastate Netscape and the Internet Explorer emerge as the de facto standard for surfing the Web. That was not the end of it, however, experts told UPI's The Web. Like a rebel force hidden in the hills for years, remnants of Netscape have reorganized and now are moving forward with a new offensive, so to speak. They have debuted a new browser, called Firefox, which is intended to compete with Internet Explorer and win the hearts and minds of computer users. "The browser wars are back," said Ann Westerheim, president of Ekaru, a technology services company in suburban Boston. -- The Web is a weekly series that examines the technological and social developments spawned by the World Wide Web, by Gene J. Koprowski, who covers technology for UPI Science News. E-mail: sciencemail [at] upi.com