Marc Andreessen, a cofounder of Netscape, was among the more unlikely figures Thursday voicing support for Microsoft's .Net Internet initiative.
Andreessen today is the chairman of Loudcloud, which provides Internet infrastructure services to businesses. Not so long ago he was chief technology officer at Netscape, which according to the U.S. government was pummeled out of business by Microsoft as part of a broad pattern of anticompetitive behavior.
Loudcloud Thursday announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Microsoft, and will license Microsoft technologies for use with its services.
"Loudcloud is excited about .Net because it is directly in line with our vision of a world of networked services," Andreessen said in a statement. "It will provide a great foundation for next generation Internet applications and services, which will further enable Loudcloud to provide innovative new infrastructure services to our customers."
The Wall Street Journal Thursday reported that Microsoft had hoped Andreessen would appear in person at its .Net launch party in Redmond, Wash., but that Andreessen had been unable to appear.
Loudcloud, in Menlo Park, Calif., is at www.loudcloud.com. Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash., is at www.microsoft.com/.
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