“If AOL plans to continue to use the Microsoft browser after the acquisition because that's the only way they can get access to the [Windows] desktop, that's a pretty strong indication of the barriers to competition that Microsoft has created.”
David Boies
“You will see more integration of AOL content and services within the browser toolbar. You may see, for instance, an Instant Messenger button within Navigator. But Microsoft will be doing the same thing, integrating its portal content into its browser. I don't see this deal greatly improving Navigator's market share.”
Chris Charron
“The most recent testimony seems to be an admission that Microsoft set up the browser to knock off Netscape rather than an attempt to improve the browser,”
Burton
“It is as if [Microsoft] won the browser wars and then abandoned the territory.”
Joe Wilcox
“Anyone who slaps a 'this page is best viewed with Browser X' label on a Web page appears to be yearning for the bad old days, before the Web, when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another computer, another word processor, or another network.”
Tim Berners-Lee
“I heard some hisses. Au contraire. I think it's the best browser on the platform.”
Steve Jobs
“We're using our extension space as a virtual research and development effort to test out new capabilities for the browser before they are incorporated.”
Chris Beard