09/01/97 THIS BROWSER GOES IT ALONE, AGAIN

THIS BROWSER GOES IT ALONE, AGAIN

FIRST YOU PUT IT TOGETHER. Then you take it apart. That's the strategy at Netscape Communications, which on Aug. 18 announced it would sell a stand-alone Internet browser once more. That move comes just two months after the company began shipping Communicator, a suite of products that includes a browser, E-mail, and collaboration software. Netscape Executive Vice-President Michael Homer says he may eventually split off the E-mail and collaboration products, too. For now, though, the browser war with Microsoft is on again.
EDITED BY KELLEY HOLLAND