01365nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002900041041000800070050003000078100002600108245011400134260004000248300003000288505072800318650017301046230520s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780812931433 0812931432  aeng  aHD9696.2.U63 b.C354 1999  aFerguson, Charles H.  0aHigh Stakes, No Prisoners : bA Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars  /cCharles H. Ferguson  aNew York : bTimes Business, c1999  aviii, 392 p. b; c25 cm.  aStarting the company -- The internet awakens as the giants sleep, 1990-94; the invention of the Web and Mosaic, Netscape's first browser, Vermeer gets a strategy, and much, much more -- First-round funding -- Vermeer, Fall 1994-Summer 1995; making a beautiful machine and preparing it for war -- The industry, January-August 1995; Netscape lights its roman candle, Bill Gates wakes up, and AOL rolls with the punch -- Wins and losses; or, no more Mr. Nice Guy -- Wins and losses, continued; or, things get really complicated -- The making of a deal -- Speaking ill of the dead; a strategic analysis of Netscape's failure and the future of internet software -- The Microsoft question -- The future, and some large questions.  aComputer industry -- California -- Santa Clara County.High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara County. Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Case studies.