Internet History Podcast

2. (Ch 1.2) The Creation of Netscape

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Feb 19, 2014
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ANECDOTE

Jim Clark's Revenge

  • Jim Clark, a Silicon Valley legend, founded Silicon Graphics and achieved great success.
  • After being ousted from SGI, he sought a new venture, his "second act," for revenge.
ANECDOTE

The Meeting of Clark and Andreessen

  • Jim Clark, seeking engineers for his new venture, was introduced to Marc Andreessen by Bill Foss.
  • Clark, impressed by Mosaic, emailed Andreessen, expressing interest in a collaboration.
INSIGHT

The Web is the Information Superhighway

  • Andreessen and Clark recognized that the "next big thing" was already present: the web.
  • They saw the web's potential as the true information superhighway, not interactive TV.
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