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My understanding is that Netscape failed for a variety of reasons, a major reason being they decided to rewrite their entire product. Joel Spolsky cataloged it
by Permit 13y ago
My understanding is that Netscape failed for a variety of reasons, a major reason being they decided to rewrite their entire product. Joel Spolsky cataloged it as one of the "Things you should never do".[1]
[1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html
- mathattack 13y agoThe counterfactual we don't know is "would they have survived anyway?" The deck was stacked against them before the self inflicted gunshot.