What diffence does it make if Netscape survives or not from an Apple investor point
of view.
Because if Microsoft gains dominant market share in the browser market, it can control the technology that the browser uses, meaning everything from OS, to desktop apps, to Internet sites and apps. This is very, very scary. At the very least, this means that Microsoft would indirectly control the success of Macs through IE as it has through Office, e.g. by introducing Mac verions of IE that are later and less compatible than their Windows equivalents. At the very most, it means that Microsoft could destroy Macs and every other platform by making the Internet essentially a proprietary platform.
Netscape did us all a huge service by releasing the source code to Navigator. But only if in doing so, MS's dominance of the browser is stopped.
If Win 98 doesn't ship, it's quite possible that USB
perpherials will not be available for the iMac
Judging from the Panasonic/Imation announcement, there seem to be vendors out there who view the iMac as reason enough to introduce their USB products.
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