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

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (21304)	11/10/1998 8:39:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24154

I disagree. NSCP had a big lead with Nav. AS long as it was free, and with a enough proprietary extensions, MSFT would have been locked out of the market until they bundled thier browser with the OS. The NAv proprietary extensions would have been justified by taking advantage of the proprietary properties on the server side apps. MSFT is currently doing the same thing, but they are putting the proprietary stuff on the client. I do hope you guys are paying close attention to Office 2000, it is going to hurt the NSCP client market significantly.

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (21304)	11/11/1998 11:56:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

>>> After all, most consumers got the browser for free anyways, downloading it from our site, <<< Most of us who paid for the browsers (I paid for three or four), did so not because we had to (it was actually inconvenient to use the 'released' versions, as they were soon out of date), but because it was the right thing to do, and because we wanted Netscape to have the income. Given that, it is disappointing to hear all of the weak-kneed or unethical things Netscape was up to at the same time MSFT was persecuting them. We had some faith in the management that was misplaced. They turned out to be standard suits, with no vision. Chaz