1.   And if Netscape disappeared, the government says, customers would lose out on the benefits of competition between browser makers.

2.   A spokeswoman for the leading browser maker, Netscape Communications Corp., served up a remarkably clueless response.

3.   Had the government acted several years ago, browser maker Netscape Communications Corp. might have stood a better chance of offering a challenge to Microsoft.

4.   In the case of browser maker Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft rolled out a competing browser and gave it away free of charge.

5.   Rival browser maker Netscape Communications Corp. charged that Microsoft was trying to destroy the market for its Navigator browser.

6.   Shares of the Mountain View-based Web browser maker sank, even as it reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday.

7.   The leading browsers from Netscape and Microsoft are usually preset so that the first Web site to appear on a screen belongs to the browser maker.

8.   The leading browser maker, Netscape Communications Corp., plans to add RSAC ratings to a forthcoming version of its Navigator browser.

9.   This has eroded the market share of the leading browser maker, Netscape Communications.

10.   This worries many antitrust specialists, who think Microsoft is trying to drive rival browser maker Netscape Communications Corp. out of business.