Netscape still has the majority of the market. However, its market share has decreased to 70 percent from 87 percent reported in May 1996, and its primary competitor is Microsoft's Internet Explorer. One cannot open a computer magazine today without seeing an article that touts the "war" between the two companies, with such titles as "Browser Battle Lines" , "The Battle to Rule the Web", "The Browser War", or "Netscape vs. Microsoft: Who Will Rule the Web?".
The purpose of this report is to describe, compare, and contrast N etscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, and to examine their current use of HTML standards as defined by the W3C.
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March 6, 1997
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