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

To: Keith Hankin who wrote (22081)	12/10/1998 9:37:00 AM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

<Anyone with a good understanding of how software is designed and built and the performance trade-offs that need to be made knows that, while browser functionality can indeed be comingled and integrated with the OS, there can be no performance gain to be had by doing so> Anyone with a solid grasp on focus groups and consumer feedback would realize that the ease of use and utility factor can easily override a considerable decline in speed and/or performance (why don't you think Unix is more popular in the consumer market?). It appears that this is how MSFT bests many of its competitors. It offers the consumers what they want. Communicator should have a common interface across its entire product line like office does. This makes it easier for the consumer to learn and erects barriers to entry. Fusing the Os and the browser does the same.