I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry.

We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers.

I think we're proving ourselves as we go along. The past several months our strategy has been evolutionary - making maximum advantage of our client browser, as well as our enterprise software for people who want to build Web sites.

One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all.

In my column series 'The Main Thing,' I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply.