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Marc Andreessen - Footnote 1
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Last checked: 4/3/2026
The claim that Mosaic was responsible for a 10,000-fold increase in web users over two years is not supported by the source. The source states that Netscape captured over 75% of the market share by mid-1996, not nearly 75%. The source states that AOL purchased Netscape the previous year to February 18, 1999, not in 1998.
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partial85%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026
Found: Marc Andreessen is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and former software engineer who played a foundational role in shaping the modern internet and now wields significant influence over AI …
Note: The claim that Mosaic was responsible for a 10,000-fold increase in web users over two years is not supported by the source. The source states that Netscape captured over 75% of the market share by mid-1996, not nearly 75%. The source states that AOL purchased Netscape the previous year to February 18, 1999, not in 1998.
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