http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nscpdorm.html Extracts from jwz’s diary leading up to the Netscape 0.9 release.
Kurt Andersen on why Netscape matters: “Paradox No. 2: Christopher Columbus Was a Failure. His business model did not pan out: no western route to Asia, hardly any gold, abandonment by his investors, not much of an enduring first-mover advantage for Spain ... but he fucking discovered America. Netscape is vestigial and may cease to exist before long, and Amazon.com may or may not be a Fortune 500 company a decade from now, but Jim Clark and Jeff Bezos will always be Columbuses.” (Inside Magazine, 2000-12-13) 22:10
