
Browser Wars - Microsoft on the Hot Seat | 5
Business Wars
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The Browser Wars: Microsoft vs. Netscape
The internet is morphing from a curious new technology into an economic and social force, one shaping the American economy. Three years before Reno would tackle Microsoft, Gates failed to convince Netscape to become its special partner. So Gates decides to play hardball. He invites his right hand man, Steve Ballmer, into his office to share his new plan. And as it turns out, he's taken a page from Netscape's own handbook. Make the product ubiquitous.
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