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Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and Its Battle with Microsoft

Michael A. Cusumano and David B. Yoffie

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Summary

Cusumano and Yoffie study Netscape’s competition with Microsoft. Their opening chapter follows electronic software releases, browser and server pricing, and the shift toward enterprise customers.

  • SourceFree Press — Competing on Internet Time · Licensed Chapter 1, Netscape and Its Battle with Microsoft, web lines 149–166; authors 79; Product Details

Why read it Our view

Compare release speed, free and paid product choices, and the needs of enterprise customers in a software market. The account examines both companies and does not imply either founder endorsed it.

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  • Bill GatesMicrosoft competition study
    The licensed chapter examines Gates’s response to Netscape, including free browser and server products. It is not a recommendation by him.
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  • Marc AndreessenNetscape company study
    The licensed chapter names Andreessen as Netscape’s cofounder and examines its product and commercial choices.
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