Netscape founder backs new browser

[Brian Warkoczeski]

Netscape founder backs new browser

August 13, 2009

By Miguel Helft

The New York Times

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SAN FRANCISCO--It has been 15 years since Marc Andreessen developed the 
Netscape Internet browser that introduced millions of people to the 
Internet.

After its early success, Netscape was roundly defeated by Microsoft in 
the so-called browser wars of the 1990s that dominated the Web's first 
chapter.

Andreessen appears to want a rematch. Now a prominent Silicon Valley 
financier, Andreessen is backing a start-up called RockMelt, staffed 
with some of his close associates, that is building a new Internet 
browser, according to people with knowledge of his investment.

"We have backed a really good team," Andreessen said in an interview 
earlier this summer. A moment later, Andreessen appeared to regret his 
comment, saying he was not ready to talk about any aspect of the company.

But Andreessen suggested the new browser would be different, saying that 
most other browsers had not kept pace with the evolution of the Web, 
which had grown from an array of static Web pages into a network of 
complex Web sites and applications. "There are all kinds of things that 
you would do differently if you are building a browser from scratch," 
Andreessen said.

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