back to articles | 47. Netscape Communications Corp. gave away, at no charge, over 4 million copies of their Webbrowser; it is estimated that they now control over 70% of the Web browser market, which they have managed to leverage into dominance in the Web server software market, sufficient to enable them to launch one of the most successful Initial Public Offering in the history of the United States. See Netscape IPO booted up; Debut of hot stock stuns Wall Street veterans, The Boston Globe, August 10, 1995, at 37; With Internet Cachet, Not Profit, A New Stock Is Wall St.'s Darling, NY Times, August 10, 1995, at 1. Other companies are following Netscape's lead; for example, Realaudio, Inc. is distributing software designed to allow Web browsers to play sound files in real time over the Internet, presumably in the hopes of similarly establishing a dominant market position in the server market. See http://www.realaudio.com | ![]() |