Comments on: Horsefeathers, John! Get the Facts Straight. http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Courtney http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1582 Jim Courtney Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:58:20 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1582 The mention of Spyglass by both you and <a href="http://evans.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/26/1913312.html" rel="nofollow">Mark Evans</a> in the last couple of days has triggered me to write <a href="http://dicx.blogspot.com/2006/04/commercialization-of-internet-web.html" rel="nofollow">a post on what lead to the launch of Spyglass</a> along with some commentary based on my own experiences at Quarterdeck where we attempted to launch a browser product. Woops, feature.... [Now if the folks at Google could be convinced to incorporate TrackBack into Bloger, I would not have to write this comment...] The mention of Spyglass by both you and Mark Evans in the last couple of days has triggered me to write a post on what lead to the launch of Spyglass along with some commentary based on my own experiences at Quarterdeck where we attempted to launch a browser product. Woops, feature….

[Now if the folks at Google could be convinced to incorporate TrackBack into Bloger, I would not have to write this comment...]

]]> By: Alec http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1581 Alec Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:37:02 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1581 You're right that Netscape did their first release in October 1994. My dates for their release were a few months off. This is worth reading: <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/1996/29/b34842.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessweek.com/1996/29/b34842.htm</a>. It's a businessweek article from 1996 -- a chronicle of the times. The rest of my dates are correct, and as you'll read in the article. You're right that Netscape did their first release in October 1994. My dates for their release were a few months off.

This is worth reading: http://www.businessweek.com/1996/29/b34842.htm. It's a businessweek article from 1996 — a chronicle of the times. The rest of my dates are correct, and as you'll read in the article.

]]> By: Larry Borsato http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1580 Larry Borsato Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:18:24 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/04/27/horsefeathers-john-get-the-facts-straight/#comment-1580 Odd, considering that I was using both Mozilla 0.9 and Spyglass in late 1994. As for the browser deal being hatched in 1994, that would be surprising considering that Bill Gates said in the first edition of The Road Ahead in 1995 that the internet was of no use to business, though he had changed his mind by early 1996. I actually attended both the 1st Netscape Developer Conference and the first MS PDC to address the internet, a week apart from each other in March 1996. Pretty much the only reason people used IE is because it came free with the OS. Odd, considering that I was using both Mozilla 0.9 and Spyglass in late 1994.

As for the browser deal being hatched in 1994, that would be surprising considering that Bill Gates said in the first edition of The Road Ahead in 1995 that the internet was of no use to business, though he had changed his mind by early 1996. I actually attended both the 1st Netscape Developer Conference and the first MS PDC to address the internet, a week apart from each other in March 1996.

Pretty much the only reason people used IE is because it came free with the OS.

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