As I'm reading more into this whole Netscape situation I am reminded of the year 1995 when I started getting into the Internet via AOL. AOL was what my parents used, and that's what helped me get "connected."
The role of Netscape was HUGE. Much bigger than I think anyone that has never read this book realizes. There move to open up the program with trial versions was a genius way to push the Internet on it's way. Was it necessary? No, absolutely not . . . but it did fuel the fire and cause it to take off even faster. There could have been even more money out of this new thing called "The Internet" but seeing as it was going to "grow and grow and grow" there was no need to monetize it too much. The real value in the Internet is, and always will be, the massive amounts of content that are available on it. I'm sure they saw that and recognized that the more that's there, the more people will want it.
I'm LOVING this part of the book. Anyone else listening? :)
2 comments:
This part of the book rocks! It is fascinating and an excellent read. I look forward to later chapters. I remember using the Netscape web browser back in the late 90's and early 00's. The world wide web has grown tremendously since then and will only continue to with people like you and I adding more content to it! It is a great resource and is in the process of creating a much more informed world.
Thanks for your comment, Richard! I'm loving this part of the book as well. It's made my drives home so much more interesting (audio book)!
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