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It also provides for secure transactions such as those involving credit cards.

IV. Corporate Structure

The founders, Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen, own 35% of the company.

There are other major shareholders, and it is also publicly held. The board of

directors and other executive management are listed in the following table:

James H. Clark- Chairman of the Board

James L. Barksdale- President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Marc L. Andreessen- Vice President, Technology and Director

Peter L.S. Currie- Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conway Rulon-Miller-Vice President, Sales and Field Operations

Michael J. Homer- Vice President, Marketing

Roberta R. Katz-Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Richard M. Schell- Vice President, Engineering

James C.J. Sha- Vice President and General Manager, Integrated

Applications

Kandis Malefyt- Vice President, Human Resources

L. John Doerr- Director

John E. Warnock- Director

V. Competition

Netscape has 4 major competitors: Spry Mosaic, Spyglass Mosaic, Microsoft

Internet Explorer, and Sun’s HotJava. However, Netscape dominates its market

with an approximate 80% market share. It is the current industry standard for

WWW browsing software, due to its support of new HTML features such as frames,

JavaScript, and plug-ins.

Spry Mosaic is a piece of WWW Browser software designed by CompuServe’s

Spry division. It poses no threat to Netscape because of its inability to

process e-mail and Usenet news.

Spyglass Mosaic is a WWW browser developed by part of the team that

worked on the original web browser (NCSA Mosaic). It is a major competitor