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The failure of the DOJ to enforce anti-trust laws during the era of 'private enterprise can do no wrong' held the internet back 10 years.
by rjurney 17y ago
The failure of the DOJ to enforce anti-trust laws during the era of 'private enterprise can do no wrong' held the internet back 10 years.
- TrevorJ 17y agoI'm not actively disagreeing, but could you elaborate on some examples? Your assertion is an interesting one and I'd like to know more.
- rjurney 17y agoJeff explained it better than I can: http://blog.jeffhaynie.us/google-chrome-os-its-a-great-time-to-be-a-web-developer.html http://blog.jeffhaynie.us/google-chrome-os-its-a-great-time-...
- supahfly_remix 17y agoAccording to JWZ, Netscape's injuries were partly self-inflicted: http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nomo.html http://www.jwz.org/gruntle/nomo.html To its credit, Google has amassed some impressive brainpower, much better than Netscape ever did in its heyday. It will be interesting to see how their OS works out.
- josefresco 17y agoThe fact that they stumbled to the mat after being KO'd by MS does not mean they failed because of their failure to withstand the punch. I think the blow was big enough that Netscape/Mozilla would never have been as important as their 'network pc' model ideals. They would have had to exist in a much smaller market even if they were to 'succeed'.