Battle of the browsers

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The Web browser has become the focus of the intensifying competition between software giant Microsoft Corp and successful startup Netscape. Their battle for supremacy in the browser market can be likened to the encounter between David and Goliath, with 22-year-old Microsoft generating $8.67 billion in 1996 alone, while Netscape has only been in existence for four years and offers only three products. The competition between the two began when Microsoft launched its Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) browser to challenge Netscape's Navigator. Netscape is at a big disadvantage because it has to charge for its browser products because they constitute a very important revenue source, while Microsoft can afford to give MSIE to customer for free given its enormous financial resources. However, Netscape has two valuable competitive weapons, namely, a group of business partners that all want to defeat Microsoft and customers' dislike for being restricted to a single supplier.

Microsoft Corp., Internet software, Market share, MSFT, Netscape Communications Corp., NSCP, Internet/Web search services, Search engines

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Scandinavia: another word for software

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Scandinavian software companies have been increasingly finding success in international markets. Among those that have succeeded in expanding outside their small domestic markets are Scala and Hansa Business Solutions from Sweden; Navision, Maconomy and Damgarde from Denmark; and Agresso from Norway. Scandinavian software developers have been particularly innovative when it comes to accounting products, which is not at all surprising given the region's technology-oriented culture and education system. In addition, Nordic countries have highly rigorous tax regimes, thereby creating the need for very efficient accounting computer programs. Further enhancing their chances for international success is the language ability of the Scandinavian software companies. Most of these firms develop English-language products, which they later translate to the languages of their home markets.

Software Publishers, Financial, Acctg Software Pkgs (Micro), International business enterprises, Multinational corporations, Scandinavia

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Financial software: some hard choices

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Software companies are creating financial software packages with the single European market of 1992 in mind. Software companies are selling a wide variety of ledger systems that have multinational accounting features. An accounting package for the single European market should include multiple language support, multiple currency features, international fiscal regulations support, and flexible reporting features. Firms will need software with multiple language support only if they intend to implement a common accounting system in their foreign subsidiaries. Standardization will lower costs because the accounting software can be bought in bulk, and accountants can move easily among offices without having to get used to a new system.

Analysis, Europe, Software, Accounting and auditing, Accounting, Single European market, Accounting software

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