225 Browser Wars

The advertisement for KRS 2 was initially launched in the United States. Rebolt Technology holds more influence over KRS products than KiShin, despite KiShin being the major shareholder. The company is controlled by Albert Chandler and his co-founders, all of whom are American. As Rebolt Technology is a USA-based company, the release of the cellular phone will begin in the USA and subsequently in Japan.

Despite KiShin's promise not to impede Albert Chandler's and his co-founders' control, KiShin can still influence and propose ideas to the company. Given that KiShin won't excessively hinder the company's development, technologies researched jointly by KiShin and Rebolt Technology will be accessible to KiShin.

Currently, in the USA, Americans accustomed to carrying their phones were delighted to see the KRS 2 featured in advertisements. Designed after Shin's previous life's Nokia 3110, it boasts a much slimmer profile compared to other cellular phones in the market, including the KRS 1. Many individuals are already expressing interest in purchasing the KRS 2, despite its unavailability in stores.

The KRS 2 has made another small but noteworthy advancement that has captured attention in the cellular phone industry.

Simultaneously, in Japan, Tora has announced its latest phone. While slimmer than their previous models, it doesn't quite compare to the KRS 2. Observing the latest offering from KiShin and Rebolt Technology, there's anticipation that it will yield profits similar to or even surpassing those of the KRS 1.

Despite feeling somewhat disheartened that KiShin, along with Rebolt Technology, has once again introduced a groundbreaking phone into the market, there's no time for envy. After the release of the KRS 2 on June 13, 1994, the focus will shift to evaluating KiShin-Rebolt Technology's latest phone.

As many people began upgrading their phones with the purchase of the KRS 2...

Simultaneously, the cellular phone competition intensified in the market, while a similar scenario unfolded in the internet world.

At present, the Internet was slowly gaining popularity, with approximately 16 million to 20 million users worldwide. However, the majority of internet users were concentrated in first-world countries that could afford computers and internet access, with fewer users in other countries.

In the internet realm, a war was also underway — the browser wars between Mosaic and Netscape. The competition began in 1993, with Mosaic initially gaining popularity among users. However, Netscape entered the scene and swiftly attracted a significant number of users away from Mosaic.

As a result, wars erupted between the two browsers, leading to intense competition that drove innovation and improvement in each browser to gain an advantage. Over time, it became evident that neither one emerged as a clear winner. In terms of small victories, Netscape seemed to have a slight edge over Mosaic, attracting a slightly larger user base.

The competition spurred the browsers to become more user-friendly and accessible. While many still struggled to comprehend the intricacies of the internet, browsers, and websites, the technology continued to attract more users each day.

In fact, some investors and brokers on Wall Street gradually recognized the potential of the internet.

A middle-aged man on Wall Street named Peter Lynch, who managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund, recognized the potential of the internet long ago. In 1993, he attempted to delve into the World Wide Web (WWW) but was disappointed to discover that a company named KiShin was funding WWW and had already become its major shareholder.

Upon learning this, Peter Lynch sought to understand the story behind how KiShin became the major shareholder. He approached the CEO of WWW and discovered that the young CEO of KiShin, Shinro Suzuki, personally reached out to WWW and other Silicon Valley companies expressing interest in investing. This revelation left Peter Lynch deep in thought.

Initially, there were other servers on the internet before WWW, but it was entirely unpredictable that WWW would eventually gain more advantages over them.

"Shinro Suzuki... He recognized the internet's potential. Discovering the potential of the internet wasn't extraordinary, but pinpointing the potential of WWW before me?" Peter Lynch mumbled as he gazed through the transparent walls of the building floor, capturing the city below in all its glory and charm.

He couldn't help but ponder the Japanese young man, Shinro Suzuki. It felt like a kind of wonder.

From Peter Lynch's investigation of Shinro Suzuki so far, the young man initially immersed himself in video games before expanding into toys, entertainment, films, and eventually, cellular phones. With the KiShin and Apple alliance, it appears that the young man was also broadening his interests to include computers.

While Peter Lynch found it incredibly ridiculous for such a man to be so ambitious, he was surprised and astonished at Shinro Suzuki's success in his endeavors thus far.

When almost everyone in the business world doubted and questioned the decisions of the Japanese young man, he ultimately prevailed.

Looking at it from another perspective, Peter Lynch was almost certain in his life that either Shinro Suzuki was extremely lucky or an incredible genius...

However, even an extraordinary genius wouldn't be able to replicate the business achievements of Shinro Suzuki. Moreover, from Peter Lynch's perspective, Shinro Suzuki seemed unfinished and was laying the groundwork for other ventures, such as the computing processor industry by funding Nvidia. Whether these businesses would ultimately succeed remained a question.

Peter Lynch observed that Shinro Suzuki faced fewer failures than successes. He even began to suspect whether Shinro Suzuki somehow knew the future developments or if he was simply exceptionally forward-thinking for his time.

Certainly, forward-thinking also requires luck, but either way, Peter Lynch was gradually becoming interested in Shinro Suzuki.

Meanwhile, although he couldn't invest in WWW, Peter Lynch wanted to try his luck with Netscape, the browser that was gradually gaining a small advantage over Mosaic.

While Netscape was a private company, getting in touch with its founder, investing, and funding the company was a possibility.