3-way alliance may prove a formidable threat to Microsoft
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The new alliance between America Online, Sun Microsystems and Netscape may provide a significant challenge to software giant Microsoft. Other large corporate technology agreements have failed, especially the 1990 common software and computer chip development deal between Apple and IBM that unraveled by 1993. The three-way alliance stands a better chance because it focuses on the media technology sector where Microsoft has failed, according to industry executives. America Online and Sun are targeting the more than 50% of US consumers who do not use the World Wide Web and who probably never will use a PC. The two companies' new computing model will deploy Sun's Java programming language in products such as cell phones and kitchen information appliances. Microsoft has struggled with its own media technology strategy, as its Cablesoft venture and acquisition of Internet TV startup WebTV have failed to reach a wide audience.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1998
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New software expected to cut Web delays
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A study published by an industry-sponsored group at the World Wide Web Consortium has shown that the congestion in the Internet can be reduced by using a software based on a new Internet software called H.T.T.P./1.1 protocol. The Consortium's study is published at the Web site http://www.w3.org/pub/www/protocols/http/performance/pipeline/html. The new protocol will be especially beneficial for Internet users who have high-speed data connections and is expected to speed up download times by two to eight times. Users with slower telephone connections can expect only about 20% improvement in speeds. Companies including Microsoft and Netscape Communications are planning to introduces Web browsers based on the new protocol. However, the current browsers would continue to work with the new protocol.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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