I just read about the 3DO console (that he also co-invented) and how 3DO (VC funded company) had troubles 17 years ago in "The Internet Bubble" book (1999). Sa

I just read about the 3DO console (that he also co-invented) and how 3DO (VC funded company) had troubles 17 years ago in "The Internet Bubble" book (1999). Sad to see this picture https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Dave_Needle_Amiga_30.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Dave_Nee... and read about his dead, RIP! "[...] And this high-stakes competition never rests. Just within this last year [1998], two huge anti-Microsoft deals came down when two pairs of Kleiner Perkins portfolio companies dramatically combined - AOL with Netscape and At Home with Excite. The goal in these two Kleiner Perkins partner-orchestrated moves was clearly to consolidate forces in the Internet portal space and keep Microsoft MSN online service to distant competitor. In such efforts to seek advantage over Microsoft and dominate the Internet industry, Kleiner Perkins, whether intentionally or not, has been a huge contributer to the inflation of the Internet Bubble. [...]" (from the book mentioned above on page 71, dated 1999) I think, we can all be grateful that MSN (a CompuServe and AOL alike competitor on steroids) lost and the open World Wide Web won. Coming back the Amiga video, not always the better tech wins.