<i>&gt;my take is that the race is very far from over; it has just started! My</i>
<i>&gt;personal prediction (crystal ball and psychic hotline assisted) are that</i>
<i>&gt;they will be very hard pressed to hang on to that market share in the long</i>
<i>&gt;run. It is early days for browsers yet, and I just know that in some</i>
<i>&gt;corporate digs or a dorm room somewhere, somebody is working on something</i>
<i>&gt;wonderful.</i>
Absolutely, the race is far from over, especially in view of the relatively
paltry numbers of users on the Web right now. (In fact, if you believe the
O'Reilly survey results, it's REALLY just getting underway).
Admittedly Netscape Communications
has always been a step or two ahead of the pack in its browser innovation.
Combine this with its strategy of giving away the product initially and
the reputation surrounding its founders, and the initial large market
share should be of little surprise. Moreover, Netscape is now
distributing its browser through such notables as MCI and AT&amp;T,
emerging on-line players in their own right.
However, what will be Netscape's long-term staying power as powerful,
innovative, well-heeled competitors such as Microsoft gear up?
Ordinary consumers may be less impressed by the Netscape reputation
(who is Marc Andreessen?), and more by the fact a powerful Spyglass browser
comes with each new Windows/Win95 computer they buy.
Click over to www.microsoft.com to discover just how aggressive
Microsoft and its cohorts have become about their own offerings. MSFT
is clearly bent on establishing its own set of standards for both
browser and encryption/authentication technology.
How this will all turn out in the long-run (a year &lt;g&gt;) is really
up in the air. Suffice to say, anybody using a snapshot of today
to predict tomorrow is in for some surprises.
Regards,
J. Cameron
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