[KLUG Members] Is this the end of Netscape?

[Peter Buxton]

On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 12:42:03PM -0400, Adam Williams was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> We have a couple of sales people who are addicted to AOL, there
> installation (AOL 6?) uses IE.

AOL is up to 8, now.

> They explained that they bought Netscape in order to have leverage
> against M$ after M$ started MSN.  But as a serious competitor, MSN
> just didn't materialize.  So thier interest in having an avenue to
> alternative technologies is gone.

Yup.

> > There's no evidence of M$ exiting the media business just yet, and
> > it 
> 
> True,  they do seem to be at least re-organizing their approach to
> media (but who isn't these days).
> 
> > is clear that they view media platforms and software as a strategic

Sorry. I should have said media provider. (As opposed to content
producing, like Disney, or content tool provider (a la Adobe, which they
may still try for, or IIS, to which they are wedded.)

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