How Netscape Is Fighting Back NEW BROWSERS: A new browser, scheduled for test release in October, will allow collaboration among users and will have expanded multimedia and other features. Future browsers will come in software chunks that can be customized and that run on any machine, including cheap network computers. CORPORATE PUSH: To get a jump on Microsoft and lock in higher margins, Netscape is pushing even harder than before to sell its browsers and Web servers for use in large corporate networks. It also has come up with new programs to make it easier for other developers to create programs that run on Netscape software. JOINT VENTURES: Partnerships with established players are moving Netscape into new markets. Examples: Navio, backed by companies such as Sony and Nintendo, will produce Web software for consumer devices. And Actra, with GE Information Systems, is developing software for corporate electronic commerce. DATA: NETSCAPE, BUSINESS WEEK

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