Question

What is the primary barrier to entry in the operating systems market? How does Netscape’s product threaten to remove this barrier?

Answer 1

Although there are no no legal barriers to entry into the market of the operating-system, however to enter the operating-system market a new entrant would require a huge and varied base of applications which are compatible otherwise the consumers might prefer to choose Windows. Thus the primary barrier to the operating system market is the high cost that an operating system vendor would need to create the applications.

With the rapid internet development there arises a need for software that could allow PC users to have easy access to internet. Netscape was the first that gave a highly successful web browsing product and in a very short span of time the Netscape's Navigator became the market leader and it's product remove the entry barrier