browsing began in the University of Illinois camp
while Netscape naviGates
he explored & creeped, peeped & pricked
while Netscape stays in
Hyper Text
Marc up Lane
while Java continues to script
while users could now ride & race side-by-side
from Mosaic to JavaScript
he who naviGates must now gauge & re-engage
he who opens the Gates, must now re-think & re-
calculate
if you choose to race in these high-tech lanes
as obsolescence is constantly on the shrink Lin Hsin Hsin
later, along the Netscape Nagivator lane
where Marc Andreessen was brought to instant
fame
& Bill Gates slept in insomnia pain
Gates explored the virgin highway plain
speed along, browsed & stripped
hence opened a newer lane, perhaps war?
indeed, the Microsoft Explorer is to be blamed
& Netshaped into the HTML 3.0 extended terrain
it again naviGates the Bill's Winner's brain
highway taxed and Navigator must be tamed
Microsoft bills paid & border extended
heads beveled, color shaded, mouse up and picture framed
ActiveX crawled & jumped out of its bibs and cribs
on the newer & faster freeway lane
compare and contrast to bet on a winning game
users are the one who clearly gain
while users eagerly wait for less plugins & better trips:
what to strategize next & how to close the Gates
once security slips through the wide-opened Gates
users will not only be aggravated but close the Gates
steer away, re-meditate & investi-Gates
life is such that, it does not matter what & who innovates
it is what has been explored, who steers ahead & navigates
while users unceasingly watch, wait & again upgrade!
if arrogance is the key to "m o u s e o v e r"
then success will depend on how far you can sustain
& how fast others can make the grade!
September 18, 1996