Introduction

Huibert Vries, Henk Vries and Ilan Oshri

Chapter 1 in Standards Battles in Open Source Software, 2008, pp 1-5 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The battle for the dominant standard in the web browser industry is a fascinating example of a standards competition. Several studies (Bresnahan and Yin, 2007; Sebenius, 2002; Yoffie and Cusumano, 1999) have been dedicated to the Internet browser war between Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) versus Netscape (Communicator) in the 1990s, leaving Microsoft’s IE as the standard web browser. In 2002, IE controlled an estimated 95% of the browser market (Onestat. com, 20021), a seemingly impregnable position.

Keywords: Open Source Software; Internet Explorer; Open Source License; Open Source Development; Standard Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230595095_1

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