编辑“︁Spyglass”︁

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'''Spyglass公司'''（{{langx|en|'''Spyglass, Inc.'''}}）是一家網際網路軟體公司，該公司於1990年在[[伊利諾州]][[香檳 (伊利諾州)|香檳]]成立<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=2000-03-28 |title=OpenTV open to Spyglass |url=https://variety.com/2000/biz/news/opentv-open-to-spyglass-1117779912/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>，是[[伊利諾大學厄巴納香檳分校]]的分支
機構，Spyglass的創立宗旨是將[[國家超級電腦應用中心]]（NCSA）的技術商業化並提供相關支援。其業務重點最初集中在資料視覺化工具，例如繪圖套件和3D渲染引擎。Spyglass後來因其開發[[Mosaic]][[網頁瀏覽器]]的專有版本而聞名<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Spyglass to commercialize future Mosaic versions |newspaper=Computerworld |date=1994-08-29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXUevDTWEy0C&pg=PA16 |accessdate=2015-09-12 |archive-date=2015-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127004138/https://books.google.com/books?id=AXUevDTWEy0C&pg=PA16 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2000-07-25 |title=OpenTV completes SpyGlass Acquisition |url=https://www.dmnews.com/opentv-completes-spyglass-acquisition/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=DMNews |language=en-US}}</ref>。

==歷史==
1994年5月，Spyglass公司以數百萬美元的價格取得NCSA Mosaic瀏覽器的授權，意圖開發自有的網頁瀏覽器<ref>{{cite newspaper |title=Spyglass to commercialize future Mosaic versions |first=Ellis |last=Booker |newspaper=Computerworld |date=1994-08-29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXUevDTWEy0C&pg=PA16 |accessdate=2015-09-12 |archive-date=2015-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127004138/https://books.google.com/books?id=AXUevDTWEy0C&pg=PA16 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。Spyglass曾提供三十天試用版供使用者下載，但實際上並不直接向終端用戶銷售產品。反之，該公司將程式碼授權給轉售商，由其提供未經修改的Spyglass Mosaic（例如[[歐萊禮|O'Reilly & Associates]]）或基於Spyglass代碼庫的瀏覽器（例如[[CompuServe]]、[[IBM]]和Ipswitch）<ref>{{cite newspaper |first1=Rick |last1=Ayre |first2=Thomas |last2=Mace |title=Just Browsing |newspaper=PC Mag |date=1996-03-12 |publisher=Ziff Davis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rGvyMX6n8cC&pg=RA1-PA142 |accessdate=2017-05-21 |archive-date=2016-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610171400/https://books.google.com/books?id=9rGvyMX6n8cC&pg=RA1-PA142 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。在這些獲得授權並使用Spyglass Mosaic程式碼庫開發的瀏覽器中，也包括了[[微軟]]的[[Internet Explorer]]。

除了主要的桌上型電腦平台，Spyglass也將Mosaic移植到其他系統，包括用於ShackWire Online系統的[[任天堂64]]<ref name="SharkWire PR">{{cite press release | title=SharkWire Online(TM) by InterAct Allows Gamers To Get Online, In-Touch and   Ahead | agency=PR Newswire | publisher=InterAct Accessories, Inc. | location=Hunt Valley, MD | date=1999-05-12 | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sharkwire-onlinetm-by-interact-allows-gamers-to-get-online-in-touch-and-out-ahead-74514522.html | accessdate=2015-01-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107131933/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sharkwire-onlinetm-by-interact-allows-gamers-to-get-online-in-touch-and-out-ahead-74514522.html | archive-date=2015-01-07 | dead-url=yes }}</ref>。

由[[馬克·安德森]]共同創立的[[Netscape]]公司於1994年10月發布了旗艦瀏覽器[[Netscape Navigator]]，隨即成為網頁瀏覽器產業的領導者<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Peter H. |date=1995-03-01 |title=BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY; Netscape Knows Fame And Aspires to Fortune |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/01/business/business-technology-netscape-knows-fame-and-aspires-to-fortune.html |access-date=2022-07-29 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>。微軟意識到了網路的發展潛力，在1994年11月爭奪[[BookLink]]瀏覽器收購案敗給[[AOL]]後<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/10/business/america-online-buys-2-internet-companies.html|title=America Online Buys 2 Internet Companies|date=1994-11-10|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2019-11-30|archive-date=2020-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903181426/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/10/business/america-online-buys-2-internet-companies.html|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>Wallace, James (1997), Overdrive, John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-18041-6.</ref>，於1995年1月與Spyglass達成授權協議，Spyglass的Mosaic程式碼成為[[Internet Explorer 1]]的基礎，該瀏覽器隨後作為{{link-en|Microsoft Plus!|Microsoft Plus!}}軟體包的一部分，隨[[Windows 95]]附加發行<ref name="bw">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/january/new0122d.htm|title=MICROSOFT'S $8 MILLION GOODBYE TO SPYGLASS|accessdate=2011-02-09|first=Peter|last=Elstrom|date=1997-01-22|publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|archive-date=1997-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970629174318/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/january/new0122d.htm|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

由於微軟每季僅支付合約規定的最低權利金，雙方曾產生爭議，隨後微軟與Spyglass於1997年達成和解<ref name="win">{{cite web|url=http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/microsoft-and-spyglass-kiss-and-make-up.aspx|title=Microsoft and Spyglass kiss and make up|last=Thurrott|first=Paul|date=22 January 1997|access-date=9 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919002551/http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/news2/microsoft-and-spyglass-kiss-and-make-up.aspx|archive-date=19 September 2012}}</ref>。在[[Internet Explorer 6]]及更早版本的「關於」對話框中，皆會提及Spyglass與NCSA Mosaic的貢獻<ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Web Design |title=Internet Explorer 6.0 {{!}} Web Design Museum |url=https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/old-software/web-browsers/internet-explorer-6-0 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.webdesignmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref>，但此訊息自2006年發布[[Internet Explorer 7]]起已被移除<ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Web Design |title=Internet Explorer 7.0 {{!}} Web Design Museum |url=https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/old-software/web-browsers/internet-explorer-7-0 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.webdesignmuseum.org |language=en}}</ref>。

2000年3月，[[OpenTV]]宣布計畫以價值25億美元的股票交換方式收購Spyglass。OpenTV表示，預計將Spyglass的Prism伺服器軟體與其互動電視服務結合，並計畫持續擴展Spyglass在行動瀏覽器市場的業務<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />。

==網頁伺服器技術==
Spyglass曾開發並銷售提供商業支援的[[網頁伺服器]]，適用於Unix與Windows NT系統，該產品有多種名稱，包括Spyglass Server及Server SDK<ref name="directions">{{cite news |newspaper=Computerworld |title=Web servers move in different directions |date=27 March 1995 |first=Ellis |last=Booker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JS8X7n5yIoC&pg=PA16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/945256/0000950137-97-004112.txt|title=Spyglass, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997|access-date=9 February 2011}}</ref>。與當時市面上已有的[[Netscape]]伺服器相似，Spyglass Server包含了一個[[應用程式介面]]，允許伺服器端應用程式在伺服器的處理程序中執行。這兩個伺服器平台在安全性處理上有所不同，Spyglass採用[[安全超文本傳輸協議]]（SHTTP），而網景則使用其開發的[[安全通訊協定]]（SSL）{{r|directions}}。與其瀏覽器的銷售策略一致，Spyglass並未將此伺服器作為零售產品提供，而是大量授權給[[原始設備製造商]]（OEM）{{r|directions}}。

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