An Exiciting Ride
Given the first two thirds of this book, it could be called "The Inside Story of Netscape." The last part of the book gives a good overview of the war between Netscape and Microsoft. There is a lot of good information about how the whole Internet craze began. It's an exciting ride. The book gives great insight to Netscape's side of the story. It takes a bit to get into it because each new player has to be introduced, where he or she began, and brought up to the present. There are quite a few players. So you might lose your place in the story if you put the book down too long. But hang in there. The story is exciting and moves along. You will find yourself rooting for those young programmers and hoping they make it.
I can't wait to read the sequel.
Wonderful!
This is a great book! This is my generation and I wish I was a part of this exciting company in it's hay-day. I found it hard to put this book down since the story was written in such a way that actually got my adrenalin pumping. These guys were doing what they loved to do, were dedicated to getting it done regardless of the hours and were all paid handsomely in reward. I hope some day to be part of such an exciting company.
Looking back...
It's amazing to see at what speed everything was being developed while I was playing around with Mosaic back in 1994.
A good read for just about everyone
The book gives interesting details about every person remotely involved in the making of Netscape (and Mosaic), and although it's non-fiction, it's exaggerated and humorous enough to be entertaining. You definitely get your money's worth. Oh, and it's educational, too!
The Fascinating Challenge
I think anybody who wants to understand why yhe Internet became a defacto should read this book and see how Netscape lead the industry. I was able to combine all the developments I had been reading about. You also explore the challenge of a start-up from the programmers point of view.
