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The Joe Walker Podcast

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Microsoft and the Monster Truck of Microsoft

Microsoft replaced Netscape browser with IE in 1996. It was the end of an era, right? Netscape had been riding high and had the fabulous IPO that ignited the dot-com boom. Clark: Microsoft violated my norms for how you do this because SGI had to have two or three profitable quarters before going public.

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