Netscape has been very unsuccessful at interacting with the trades, ... They don't understand how to do PR.

purpose of the meeting was to understand if there was an opportunity for a broad collaboration between Microsoft and Netscape.

Netscape is less and less of a priority for AOL Time Warner, and this is just another step in the slow sun-setting process of Netscape Navigator.

We've been working on a mandate for about eight years and were unsuccessful. We've come up with a plan that's much better. It gives consumers choice.

Dad was a real Renaissance man and a jack of all trades,

It just amazes me that AOL can be so intransigent, ... AOL's Instant Messenger is the industry standard. It's used by millions of people . . . It would be in their best interest to see that everyone else adopts their instant messaging standards. All they're doing by blocking traffic is encouraging people to have their own instant messaging clients.