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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15037)	12/18/1997 8:42:00 AM
From: Dermot Burke	Respond to of 24154

Another opinion re windows/ie integration:http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/digitalwatch/1229als.html

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15037)	12/18/1997 2:20:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 24154

At the time that NSCP had over 90% of the browser market, it was a nascent market, so it was ridiculous to conclude that NSCP had a monopoly. If it continued to maintain such a large market share, in the face of true competition, then you can be sure people would have investigated their business practices to see if they precluded competition in some unfair way. But I have never heard of a company that was only a year old or so able to maintain a monopoly. Remember, a monopoly is not defined by how large a company's market share is but if they have control over the industry. NSCP never had control over any industry. Yes, they were defining the initial versions of HTTP, HTML, but the bulk of this was made non-proprietary through standards bodies. And they had competition from MSFT, who was creating their own products to compete. But they never had "exclusive control" as your dictionary definition says. Do you actually believe that they had "exclusive control" at any time? If you do, then I think that you are certifiably nuts.