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Technology Stocks : Netscape -- Giant Killer or Flash in the Pan?

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To: Kashish King who wrote (2812)	4/20/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Jacques Tootight	Read Replies (1) of 4903

<Clearly the browser should have been given away from the outset.> Excuse me? I don't know many companies that spend money on product development for the sole purpose of then giving the product away. I'm sure glad you're not running MY company, we'd have had to shut down a long time ago with no revenues. I suggest you review the historical facts upon which your criticisms are based. There was absolutely no reason for Netscape to give away its browser when it was first developed. It wasn't until Mr. Gates decided to use unfair (some would say illegal) tactics to gain market share with an inferior product that a problem was presented to Netscape. I'll grant that Netscape management probably didn't make the best decisions they may have, but then again, we're all pretty brilliant with 20/20 hindsight aren't we.

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