<s>
iPlanet	B-Application
was	O
a	O
product	O
brand	O
that	O
was	O
used	O
jointly	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
Netscape	O
Communications	O
Corporation	O
when	O
delivering	O
software	O
and	O
services	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
non-exclusive	O
cross	O
marketing	O
deal	O
that	O
was	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
A	O
Sun|Netscape	O
Alliance	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
AOL	O
merged	O
with	O
Netscape	O
,	O
technology	O
analysts	O
speculated	O
that	O
AOL	O
's	O
major	O
interest	O
was	O
the	O
netscape.com	O
website	O
(	O
specifically	O
the	O
millions	O
of	O
registered	O
users	O
thereof	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
a	O
lesser	O
extent	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
suite	O
,	O
which	O
some	O
considered	O
would	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
browser	O
which	O
AOL	O
licensed	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
software	O
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
was	O
written	O
after	O
the	O
best	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
Netscape	O
Enterprise	O
Server	O
and	O
the	O
Sun	B-Language
Java	I-Language
System	I-Language
Web	I-Language
Server	I-Language
had	O
been	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPlanet	B-Application
brand	O
was	O
already	O
owned	O
by	O
Sun	O
following	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
i-Planet	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
October	O
1998	O
(	O
i-Planet	O
was	O
founded	O
just	O
two	O
years	O
before	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
iPlanet	B-Application
products	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
Sun	O
ONE	O
brand	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
Sun	B-Application
Java	I-Application
System	I-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Oracle	B-Application
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
iPlanet	B-Application
products	O
returned	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
under	O
the	O
iPlanet	B-Application
brand	O
,	O
specifically	O
Oracle	B-Language
iPlanet	I-Language
Web	I-Language
Server	I-Language
and	O
Oracle	B-Application
iPlanet	I-Application
Web	I-Application
Proxy	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suite	O
of	O
iPlanet	B-Application
offerings	O
included	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suite	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
server-side	O
infrastructure	O
components	O
,	O
including	O
distributed	O
event	O
management	O
and	O
tools	O
for	O
managing	O
large	O
populations	O
of	O
iPlanet	B-Application
server	O
instances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
iPlanet	B-Application
sold	O
"	O
iPlanet	B-Application
E-Commerce	O
Applications	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
software	O
tools	O
intended	O
for	O
building	O
e-commerce	O
websites	O
:	O
</s>
