n Web/Internet applications, but also in other computing areas where Netscape does not. This means that considerable financial pressure can be brought to bear against new competitors and in the research and development area.
Entry into this market is difficult with many barriers; Netscape's own success and ability to overcome these barriers is, in part, responsible for the difficulty that new competitors now have. When Netscape entered this market in the mid-1990s, the Internet was just beginning to experience the exponential growth that has characterized over the past several years. As a result, there were few companies manufacturing products similar to what Netscape introduced, particularly in the navigator market. Certainly the largest competitors in the personal computer software market, including Microsoft, did not have a competing product. This left the market open to companies such as Netscape which were able to produce high quality products and bring th
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