>Actually the pay for Netscape model killed Netscape. Free that works >will always garner more users.
I agree, that's why we now have everybody running Linux on their desktops. >By the time Netscape responded, IE had the market. No, what I see is the result of a corrupt administration failing to enforce the laws against a convicted monopolist. Netscape was an innovative young company that launched a revolutionary new product and was making a good business selling it at a low price (I think $25.). They were crushed by very unfair tactics. When a company develops an innovative product and is prevented from selling it there is really no way for it to successfully respond. With its income choked off it can't continue. That is why such tactics are illegal. >I know stupidity when I saw it, and AOL hasn't really been good at >predicting the market since dialup faded. I think AOL acquired Netscape mainly for its lawsuit potential. They got $750,000,000 from MS for their trouble, so I would say that they were right. AOL is now part of Time-Warner and is managed like that. I had hoped that AOL would invigorate TW, which was rich in media properties, but poor on brains and innovation. It turned out that TW management was very good at one thing: internecine warfare. Lazy TW management saved their asses by destroying AOL. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
