From: Ben Slivka;
Sent Tuesday, October 24 1995 10:18 PM
To: Brad Silberberg (Xenix); John Ludqig; Chris Jones; Paul Maritz (Xenix)
Cc: Thomas Reardon
Subject: No Half Measures: How we should meet the Netscape Challenge
After the billg Internet review today, here are my thoughts on the
priorities for PSD and the rest of Microsoft .. I think we should have
to do even more cloning (esp. LiveScript) of Netscape, and we have to
focus on Win95 - not Nashville.
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1. Clone their client technology early and often (full embrace strategy)
2. Add key Microsoft technologies to their client and target our tools
at that client (full extend strategy)
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PSD: Internet Explorer 3.0 for Q1/96 releaser
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2. Clone Netscape LiveScript: 2 SDEs can control OCs with LiveScript,
get to market faster than waiting for VB (?)
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13. Clone rest of Netscape Navigator 2.0 HTML enhancements: 1 SDE
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Why is Netscape where they are today?
1. Filled a vacuum: no one else was developing a "high-quality" web browser.
4. Continued to lead with new features on a regular basis: LiveScript,
Java, FrameSets, etc
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Where is Netscape going?
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3. Render Windows itself irrelevant: Establish new platform
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/010807/PLEX_5735.pdf
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