Passage: A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba, 1998, America Online (AOL) ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta sayi Netscape Communications a cikin musayar hannun jari mara haraji da aka kimanta da dala biliyan 4.2. A wannan lokacin, ra'ayin Andreessen game da Netscape ya canza; a gare shi, ba kawai mai bincike ba ne, intranet, extranet, ko kamfanin software, amma haɗuwa da samfurori da sabis. A lokacin da aka yi yarjejeniyar a ranar 17 ga Maris, 1999, an kimanta shi da dala biliyan 10. Wannan haɗin gwiwar ya zama abin ba'a ga mutane da yawa waɗanda suka yi imanin cewa al'adun kamfanoni biyu ba za su iya yiwuwa ba; ɗayan manyan masu sukar sa shine mai haɓaka Netscape na dogon lokaci Jamie Zawinski. An yi amfani da wannan sayen a matsayin hanyar da AOL zai iya samun kwakwalwar ciniki a kan Microsoft, don rage dogaro da mai binciken yanar gizo mai darajar dalar Amurka biliyan 4.2. Sauran sun yi imanin cewa AOL ya kasance mai bincike ne kawai, intranet, extranet, ko kamfanin software, amma ya fi dacewa da haɗuwa da samfuran
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