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GartnerGroup: Browser Deployment: Standardization Revisited

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 23, 1999

“Browser standardization is not often recommended. Enterprises
compelled to commit to a browser should re-evaluate that
decision.”

“Anytime access to, and development for, the global Internet is
a goal, standardization is not recommended.”

“Enterprises that feel compelled to commit to a browser should
revisit that decision and consider supporting a heterogeneous
browser environment. Ideally, corporate Web-based applications
should be developed to support multiple browsers (i.e., Netscape’s
Navigator and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer). We recommend keeping
browser processing to a minimum and using least common denominator
technology when there is not a clear business benefit to do
otherwise.”

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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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