Microsoft vs. Netscape: the border war heats up
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Microsoft's free Internet Explorer 4.0 will be shipped this week, while Netscape's code-named Aurora software program will be introduced at an upcoming trade show in San Francisco. These developments represent moves by the rivals to compete with the other's technology. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4.0 is Web browser software that is expected to provide nearly seamless integration between the World Wide Web and a PC's desktop display. A prominent feature is the Active Desktop, which will access many popular Internet sites with a single mouse click on any of 30 corporate logos on the PC dashboard. Netscape, which holds a 70% to 75% share of the browser market, is positioning Aurora to improve connections between the Internet and PC files. Aurora is Web-to-PC software contained in Netscape's Communicator Web-browser software. Netscape hopes Aurora will practically wed PC operations and Internet surfing.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1997
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Microsoft acts to enhance Web package; 2 free services added in challenge to rival
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Microsoft has contracted with seven popular Web content providers, paying them to avail users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser with content that users of other browsers must pay to access. The initiative is an effort to assail the market share lead of Microsoft rival Netscape, which controls 85% of the web browser market. Content providers involved include the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, which costs $49 per year for non-Internet Explorer users, ESPNET, Microwarehouse, Riddler.com, MTV Online, Investors' Edge and Hollywood Online. Netscape parried by publishing a cost-of-use comparison between Microsoft and Netscape products. Netscape marketing officials claim that some $200 of services are available only to Netscape browser users, and that 30,000 sites function best with the Navigator browsers. Netscape will launch Navigator 3.0 on Aug 19, 1996.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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New software for business by Microsoft: product to challenge Lotus's Notes package
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Microsoft is set to announce its new Exchange work group software that allows workers to share projects and documents. Microsoft Exchange poses a direct threat to IBM's popular Lotus Notes software. Both applications are included in software suites for use in the corporate milieu. Large and small organizations alike have come to depend on work group software to carry out numerous tasks, such as conducting on-line discussions, sending and receiving mail, coordinating projects and managing data. The Internet has radically altered the work group paradigm. Consequently, IBM and Microsoft have both implemented prevailing Internet standards in their offerings. Although Microsoft Exchange is late to market, it is expected to be a serious contender for market share. Microsoft Exchange is key to the company's efforts to maintain dominance in the desktop market.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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