UNDATED FILE PHOTOS - Jim Barksdale (R), president and CEO of Netscape, and Steve Case, President of America Online, are shown in these undated file photos. Online giant America Online Inc. will buy Internet software pioneer Netscape Communications Corp. for $4.2 billion in a deal involving Sun Microsystems Inc., the companies announced November 24, bringing together three of Microsoft Corp.'s fiercest competitors.

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