What does it take to live on Internet Time? More and more, people are talking about "Internet Years (IYs)" - a fungible conversion factor ranging from about 3 IYs to about 12 IYs/calendar year. What is Netscape doing to lead rapid innovation? Where are Internet technologies going, and what role is Netscape playing in driving and building on these technologies? What new business models show most promise in Cyberspace? Some answers will be offered, some new questions will be suggested, and your questions and ideas will be welcomed.

Martin Haeberli is the Director of Technology at Netscape Communications Corp. where he, with Marc Andreessen, defines and shapes Netscape's technology strategies.

Prior to Netscape, Martin was with Apple Computers where work on Internet and Internet Commerce. He was Apple's contact to CommerceNet and developed Apple's first direct electronic commerce pilot. He also led custom chip development for the Macintosh, worked on Memory Manager APIs, MacTerminal, AppleTalk, licensing and partnerships programs, and the establishment of the Apple University Consortium.

Prior to Apple, Martin was a VLSI Designer, Ethernet Apologist, and Software Project lead at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. At PARC, Martin, as part of Charles Simonyi's team helped build the first modeless text editor BravoX, on the Xerox Alto. Martin also worked with the sales force to help them understand Ethernet. He also worked with Lynn Conway on the multi-project chip production process, extended Dick Lyon's Optical Mouse design to make it testable; worked with Jim Clark, later founder of Silicon Graphics, to test his first Geometry Engine chips.