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The First Real Browser War

When you look at the major players in the web browser market since the dawn of time (1992), there have been two major periods of change in market share.

The first, between 1995 and 2000, saw Microsoft destroy Netscape's market share with successive versions of Internet Explorer (IE). The second started in 2004 and is, arguably, still going on as Firefox slowly nibbles away at IE's market lead (the last figures I saw showed Firefox's share at 21%).

These are often referred to as the 'Browser Wars'. And they were fiercely contested - but few bystanders would've bet against Microsoft's eventual victory.