Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: Dermot Burke who wrote (18015)	3/13/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Dermot, I'm not saying that Yahoo is doing anything unique, however they have a substantial head start and they aren't doing anything wrong. I think they will establish themselves as a portal. Netscape will also do that and have the additional advantage of a large software development team and large industry partners (i.e., IBM, SUN, Oracle). E.g., if Netscape becomes the premier startup site and their technology is "pure java" and CORBA based, then the tables may turn on Microsoft and they will be forced to standardize because their customers will demand it. Its pretty clear that fighting Microsoft behind the scenes is a losing battle, they are too locked in to budge at this point. The only other strategy is to perturb the Internet landscape itself. I.e., if more and more primary sites adopt JAVA, CORBA and other public standards then eventually even Microsoft will have to fit in or lose the browser market completely. This is where SUN, IBM, HP and others will have a large impact. It comes down to which client/server computing standards will win out on the Internet. Thure