Thanks to Marc Gallagher
for this link.
“It’s world domination fast. Linux is poised to decimate the
software industry in one instant master stroke. Right? Wrong. In
this piece, I’m going to examine how this attitude in part lead to
the downfall of a software company that is familiar to all of us.
They were young, they were hip, they were the new darlings of the
press, and some of them got rich along the way. Yup, they were
quite a sensation… they even revolutionized the Internet. Where
are they now? Oh, they were recently acquired by America
Online. Ouch.
“Yes, I am referring to Netscape Communications.”