Because we were at the mercy of NCSA Mosaic, Netscape launched as a Mosaic killer. Then as Microsoft awoke in alarm because they were at the mercy of Netscape t

Because we were at the mercy of NCSA Mosaic, Netscape launched as a Mosaic killer. Then as Microsoft awoke in alarm because they were at the mercy of Netscape they launched Internet Explorer, effectively killing Netscape which spun out Firefox in response. Google became alarmed by the prospect of being at the mercy of Microsoft and so launched Chrome.