This talk looks at the original concepts behind graphical
browsers for the Internet, which the speaker developed as a student
at University of Illinois. It proceeds with a desciption of what
Netscape is addressing in its current products in order to make
the Internet a medium for secure information exchange and commerce.
Marc Andreessen, 23, is Vice President of Technology and co-founder
of Netscape Communications Corporation in Mountain View, California.
Marc founded the company in April 1994 with Dr. James Clark,
founder of Silicon Graphics, Inc., As an undergraduate at the
University of Illinois, Marc created the NCSA Mosaic' research
prototype for the Internet with a team of students and staff
at the university's National Center for Supercomputing Applications
(NCSA). NCSA Mosaic in just over one year gained an estimated
two million users worldwide.
In his role at Netscape Communications, Marc sets and oversees
the technical direction of the company. In December 1994, Netscape
Communications released its first open software products, Netsite
server software -- including the Netsite Commerce Server, the
first secure server for the Web -- and Netscape Navigator client
software. Today, Netscape Navigator accounts for more than 65
percent of browser usage on the Web, according to statistics
from popular World Wide Web sites.
Marc was named in 1994 as one of the top 50 people under the
age of 40 by Time Magazine, and was named "Man of the Year"
by MicroTimes Magazine. Netscape Communications was selected
as one of the "Hot Companies in 1995" by Information
Week Magazine.