Title: nice history but questionable premise
Product review: I think that the book provides some nice history and 'insider information' on the startup of Netscape and the creation of its products. I find the premise that EVERYTHING that they did was in reaction to Micros~1 is rather dubious. The authors overuse of the cliche "...in a life and death struggle with Microsoft" is annoying. The fact is that Microsoft is irrelevant to innovation, the creation of the web browser, and the internet itself. What they are about is using their monopolistic/anti-competative practices to destroy real innovation.This book would have been worlds better if it focused more on Netscape and the development of its products (more like Tracey Kidder's "The Soul of a New Machine" (an excellent book BTW) and less on playing up the melodrama of its interactions with Monoposoft.
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