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He and Eric Bina also created the first web browser with the IMG tag.

• pstuart 3y ago
  Of course talent and effort matter and should be recognized, but the only reason we're talking about him is because of his success, in which good fortune played a significant role in that happening.
  • cameldrv 3y ago
    Maybe. I think he’d still be reasonably famous even if the only thing he had done was Mosaic. I don’t agree with everything in his manifesto, but I think he’s achieved more than enough for people to refrain from painting all of his success as pure luck. If you disagree, make a counter argument!
    • pstuart 3y ago
      > refrain from painting all of his success as pure luck It's not that all of it is pure luck -- it's that it was a significant factor. The dotcom bubble was awash with cash and the distribution of same was not exactly merit based. And a fair chunk was being in the right place at the right time and knowing the right people. Going back to the OP title, perhaps its overly harsh but we can meet in the middle that his success is not a guarantee that he's a savant. The fact that he pushed NFTs tarnishes his reputation in my eyes.