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'''NetObjects, Inc.''' is a software company founded in 1995 by [[Samir Arora]], David Kleinberg, [[Clement Mok]] and Sal Arora. The company is best known for the development of [[NetObjects Fusion]], a [[web design]] application for [[small and medium enterprises]] with designers who need complete control over [[page layout]] and a similar [[Graphical user interface|user interface]] as [[desktop publishing]] applications.

In its first phase, NetObjects was based in [[Redwood City, California]], and ceased operations in 2001 after selling its assets to [[Website Pros]] (now [[Web.com]]) and a portfolio of patents to [[Macromedia]].

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=== Challenges and crisis ===

However, several factors led NetObjects to a [[crisis]] starting in 2000.<ref name="NetObj-FY2000">{{cite web

| url = http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=57873

| title = NetObjects, Inc. announces fourth quarter and fiscal year-end 2000 results

| publisher = PR Newswire Europe Ltd.

| accessdate = March 5, 2008

}}</ref>

Tough [[competition]] from [[Microsoft]], [[Macromedia]] and [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] put pressure on [[market share]] and falling prices of web-design [[Application software|application]]s affected revenues.<ref name="Tristram">{{cite web

| url = http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1410/pcwk0039.html

| last = Tristram

| first = Claire

| title = Crowded House

| work = ZDNet

| publisher = Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

| date = March 10, 1997

| accessdate = June 28, 2008

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/19991007050446/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1410/pcwk0039.html

| archivedate = 1999-10-07

}}</ref> Also, long-term revenue effects of bundling deals in the [[software industry]] are controversial.<ref name="Bundling-discussions"/>

NetObjects slashed prices for NetObjects Fusion from release 1.0 to release 4.0 by more than 50%. Older versions stayed in distribution for even lower prices.

Technical demands for large business web sites changed and required direct access of [[programmer]]s to [[HTML]] [[Source code|code]] — which NetObjects Fusion was not designed for.<ref name="Another-upgrade">{{cite web

| url = http://groups.google.de/group/netobjects.fusion30.gen-discussion-windows/browse_thread/thread/da47321c078354c2/b9212481a8bd5853

| title = 'Another' Upgrade?

| work = netobjects.fusion30.gen-discuss

| publisher = Google Groups

| date = December 9–21, 1998

| accessdate = March 5, 2008

}}</ref>

Its target market were designers who need complete control over [[page layout]] and a similar [[Graphical user interface|user interface]] as [[desktop publishing]] applications.

=== Shift in strategy ===

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}}</ref>

=== Challenges and crisis ===

However, several factors led NetObjects to a [[crisis]] starting in 2000.<ref name="NetObj-FY2000">{{cite web

| url = http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=57873

| title = NetObjects, Inc. announces fourth quarter and fiscal year-end 2000 results

| publisher = PR Newswire Europe Ltd.

| accessdate = March 5, 2008

}}</ref> Tough [[competition]] from [[Microsoft]], [[Macromedia]] and [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]] put pressure on [[market share]] and falling prices of web-design [[Application software|application]]s affected revenues.<ref name="Tristram">{{cite web

| url = http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1410/pcwk0039.html

| last = Tristram

| first = Claire

| title = Crowded House

| work = ZDNet

| publisher = Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

| date = March 10, 1997

| accessdate = June 28, 2008

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/19991007050446/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/content/pcwk/1410/pcwk0039.html

| archivedate = 1999-10-07

}}</ref> Also, long-term revenue effects of bundling deals in the [[software industry]] are controversial.<ref name="Bundling-discussions"/> NetObjects slashed prices for NetObjects Fusion from release 1.0 to release 4.0 by more than 50%. Older versions stayed in distribution for even lower prices. Technical demands for large business web sites changed and required direct access of [[programmer]]s to [[HTML]] [[Source code|code]] — which NetObjects Fusion was not designed for.<ref name="Another-upgrade">{{cite web

| url = http://groups.google.de/group/netobjects.fusion30.gen-discussion-windows/browse_thread/thread/da47321c078354c2/b9212481a8bd5853

| title = 'Another' Upgrade?

| work = netobjects.fusion30.gen-discuss

| publisher = Google Groups

| date = December 9–21, 1998

| accessdate = March 5, 2008

}}</ref> Its target market were designers who need complete control over [[page layout]] and a similar [[Graphical user interface|user interface]] as [[desktop publishing]] applications.

=== IBM decisions and sale of NetObjects ===