And since we are talking here more about technology, and not business models, we should more or less regard the Netscape rewrite as a success story. They did NO

And since we are talking here more about technology, and not business models, we should more or less regard the Netscape rewrite as a success story. They did NOT produce a system that was over-engineered or that failed to perform well. Indeed it took a tremendous amount of market share. Now of course they complain about the code again but the situation is far from desperate.