The original browser wars were predicated on the internet being the new center of profit, and the company that controlled it via the browser being the main company of the next century. Nobody thinks that you need to control a browser to make profit anymore, Google uses it's browser more as a bulwark against real profit threatening things like extra security and privacy in other browsers.
For these reasons Microsoft did not win the browser war, because there is no war if there isn't anything financially important to fight over.
For these reasons Microsoft did not win the browser war, because there is no war if there isn't anything financially important to fight over.
on edit: changed a was to were.