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Netscape Analysis Report
I. History
Netscape Communications Corporation, originally named Mosaic
Communications Corporation (MCOM) was founded in April 1994 by Jim Clark and
Marc Andreessen. They released their first browser products free to Internet
users in September 1994. Jim Clark is chairman of Netscape Communications
Corporation. Before founding the company, Clark was the chairman of Silicon
Graphics, a computer hardware manufacturer he founded in 1982. Marc Andreessen
is vice president of technology for Netscape Communications. He helped develop
the original graphical World Wide Web browser, Mosaic, while he was at the
University Of Illinois at Urbana/Champlain.
The Internet is a global network connecting thousands of networks by use
of high speed digital lines called ATMs, T3s and T1s. It was just being
introduced to the general public at the time of Netscape's conception and they
would NOT have been successful if they had not had this timing advantage.
II. Location
Netscape's corporate headquarters are in Mountain View, California -- in
the heart of the Silicon Valley. However, due to the nature of the global
networks its software transmits over, Netscape is able to sell worldwide via the
Internet. There are virtually no walls to its "retail outlets." Its software
products are also distributed through computer stores worldwide.
III. Product Line
Netscape Navigator is a software program to browse information av ...