Introduction

Starting 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

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index