Communication is now the killer app of computing.
With Netscape, AOL would become the biggest conduit of email and electronic commerce on the Internet, the largest network of online content, and the principal meeting place of consumers and business users. Wired News delivered to your inbox or hand-held device. This would create another powerful player to balance the playing field with Microsoft. As part of the transaction, Sun Microsystems would get parts of Netscape's enterprise software business. The companies would not comment on the specifics of the transaction, only confirming Monday that they were in talks.