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Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How It Challenged Microsoft (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Michelle Slatalla (Author)
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Speeding the Net is a thrilling read, and Quittner and Slatalla revel in their storytelling. The excitement and informality of the early browse-design sessions is apparent and infuses the book with a dynamic, raucous energy. The book tells the story of the creation of the Mosaic browser, the precursor to the wildly successful Netscape Navigator. Speeding the Net presents a thorough and compelling history of the programmers and business minds behind Navigator. Along the way, the authors also place ongoing developments in context: the universality (up until the explosion of the Web) of LANs, the creation of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, the release of Java by Sun Microsystems. Speeding the Net is the best of all worlds: part biography, part primer on Web history, and part journal of the history of an infamous and revolutionary start-up company. --Jennifer Buckendorff


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Once in a while, during the short history of personal computers, a "killer app" (application) comes along that becomes the standard by which all others are judged. Perhaps the most dazzling killer app of the decade was Netscape, the graphical World Wide Web browser that set Microsoft, formerly an Internet laggard, on its ear. In the virtual milieu of cyberspace, Netscape's Mark Andreessen played David to the hulking Microsoft goliath, forcing Bill Gates to reevaluate his company's entire business strategy. Now, with Microsoft having gained a substantial share of the web technology marketplace, and despite being hounded by the Justice Department for its business practices, is Netscape doomed? This work is a fast-paced account of the most significant revolution in communications technology in decades. Quittner, of Time magazine, and coauthor Slatalla describe Netscape's amazing rise to prominence, its decision to go public, and its most recent positioning to shake up the marketplace once again. Highly recommended for business technology collections.?Joe Accardi, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Lib., Chicago
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 323 pages
  • Publisher: Grove/Atlantic; 1st edition (May 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0871137097
  • ISBN-13: 978-0871137098
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,305,395 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars An Exiciting Ride, February 20, 2001
By Daphne Press (Springfield, MO USA) - See all my reviews
Given the first two thirds of this book, it could be called "The Inside Story of Netscape." The last part of the book gives a good overview of the war between Netscape and Microsoft. There is a lot of good information about how the whole Internet craze began. It's an exciting ride.

The book gives great insight to Netscape's side of the story. It takes a bit to get into it because each new player has to be introduced, where he or she began, and brought up to the present. There are quite a few players. So you might lose your place in the story if you put the book down too long. But hang in there. The story is exciting and moves along. You will find yourself rooting for those young programmers and hoping they make it.

I can't wait to read the sequel.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for just about everyone, September 1, 1999
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The book gives interesting details about every person remotely involved in the making of Netscape (and Mosaic), and although it's non-fiction, it's exaggerated and humorous enough to be entertaining. You definitely get your money's worth. Oh, and it's educational, too!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, April 18, 2000
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This is a great book! This is my generation and I wish I was a part of this exciting company in it's hay-day. I found it hard to put this book down since the story was written in such a way that actually got my adrenalin pumping. These guys were doing what they loved to do, were dedicated to getting it done regardless of the hours and were all paid handsomely in reward. I hope some day to be part of such an exciting company.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Looking back...
It's amazing to see at what speed everything was being developed while I was playing around with Mosaic back in 1994.
Published on December 27, 1999 by Azad Hessamodini

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fascinating Challenge
I think anybody who wants to understand why yhe Internet became a defacto should read this book and see how Netscape lead the industry. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars This books makes a interesting reading.
I zipped thru the first half in one sitting, the kind of attention other books haven't got from me yet. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Vastly interesting
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There is a common theme among the excellent books on the high flyer successful start up companies. This usually consists of a small team with intelligence, absolute dedication,... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but Net... Netscape that is.
A tremendously insightful book about the origin of Netscape Inc. You will find this book rather quite helpful if you are planning a start-up and going through the IPO process... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nothing but Net.. Netscape that is.
Excellent journalistic writing from the authors. The reading is quite smooth and only incrementally does it builds up to a potentially dramatic ending. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Unforgivable lapses
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Published on July 14, 1998

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting account of Netscape's origin...
Aleks, thanks for your anecdotes.

I zipped through the first half of the book, vicariously living through Andreesen and company as they developed the browser and struck off on... Read more

Published on June 28, 1998 by gdwyer@wt.net

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I was rather disappointed that this book didn't go into much depth about Netscape's Crown Jewels: 1) Netscape Merchant System 2) Netscape Publishing System 3) Netscape Community... Read more
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