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No way! It's that Marc Andreessen. What great humble beginnings! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen

• oceanic 14y ago
  This was the same year that NCSA Mosaic, the first ever web browser, was co-created by Marc Andreessen. He was probably working on Mosaic when he wrote this email.
  • mseebach2 14y ago
    Probably. If he wasn't, this bit from the first post becomes very weird: > This is required functionality for X Mosaic; we have this working, and we'll at least be using it internally.
  • vdm 14y ago
    > the first ever web browser Fact check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser) > While often described as the first graphical web browser, Mosaic was preceded by WorldWideWeb and the lesser-known Erwise[5] and ViolaWWW.
• whatusername 14y ago
  Click next in Thread. Then look at the "Next in Thread" - it's that Time Berners Lee http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0186.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0186.ht... And also look at the "Next Message". It's that Guido Van Rossum http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0184.html http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0184.ht...
• sjm 14y ago
  He's endorsing Romney? Did not know that. @pmarca, why? If you don't mind : ) Just curious.
  • icebraining 14y ago
    He says he believes that a Republican administration would be "considerably more open on regulatory issues, and the markets would be more competitive under a Romney administration."
    • nanijoe 14y ago
      Not to get all political here, but if I could somehow set aside social issues, endorsing Romney (and most republicans) would be a "slam dunk"...but alas,those pesky social issues persist.
  • engtech 14y ago
    Very strange, I tried searching http://blog.pmarca.com http://blog.pmarca.com for obama and romney and there were no results. But I swear that back in 2007-2008 I remember him having blog posts about meeting Obama? edit: found it at the archive http://pmarchive.com/an_hour_and_a_half_with_barack_obama http://pmarchive.com/an_hour_and_a_half_with_barack_obama I guess it was just deleted over time as the blog.pmarca.com was made more professional.
• mcantor 14y ago
  Guido Van Rossum posts to the same group a few messages later.