Musi waNovember 24, 1998, America Online (AOL) yakazivisa kuti yaizowana Netscape Communications mune mutero-isina stock-swap inokosheswa paUS $ 4.2 bhiriyoni. Munguva iyi, maonero aAndreessen eNetscape akachinja; kwaari, yakanga isisiri bhurawuza chete, intranet, extranet, kana kambani yesoftware, asi kubatanidzwa kwezvigadzirwa nemasevhisi. Panguva iyo chibvumirano chakaitwa musi waKurume 17, 1999, chaikosheswa paUS $ 10 bhiriyoni. Kubatanidzwa uku kwakasekwa nevazhinji vaitenda kuti tsika mbiri dzemakambani hadzigone; mumwe wevanonyanya kushoropodza aive mugadziri wenguva refu weNetscape Jamie Zawinski. Kuwanikwa uku kwakaonekwa senzira yekuti AOL iwane chip yekutengesa kupokana neMicrosoft, kuti isanyanya kuvimba neInternet Explorer. Vamwe vaitenda kuti AOL yaive Netscape, intranet, extranet, kana kambani yesoftware, asi panzvimbo pezvo mubatanidzwa wezvigadzirwa nemasevhisi.
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