> AOL bought Netscape's portal for nothing (swap stock and take over it, thus
> basically get their stock back again.) Since SUN gets the servers and the
It isn't quite that simple, I don't think, given Netscape has stock
holders too.
> What a sad end to Netscape. Already in early 1998, I heard VCs at
> conferences describe Netscape as a Dead Man Walking. Marc Andreassen sold
Yes. Thanks to BG and his violation of antitrust laws.
> It's not a marriage; it's serial killer rape. AOL's CEO Steve Case testified
> at the Microsoft trial how they misled Netscape to the alter and then left
> them waiting there while AOL took the Microsoft browser and $1 million.
> Netscape employees must be quite aware of how AOL screwed them. I doubt many
> of them will stay. UNIX engineers working for AOL? It'll look really great
> on the resume. But then again, AOL doesn't want the employees. They bought
> the name and the portal. AOL will dismember Netscape.
There is a fair probability of that, I am afraid. Sad!
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