Who is Marc Andreessen, you may ask? I never stopped to think about the creators of web browsers, I usually just turn on my computer, sit down and start searching for the information I need, check my email, or even procrastinate while browsing websites.
In the early 1990’s Marc Andreessen along with one other person created, Mosaic, a web browser. This website was unique in its own way because, “Mosaic made it possible for images and text to appear on the same page. Mosaic also sported a graphical interface with clickable buttons that let users navigate easily and controls that let users scroll through text with ease. Another innovative feature was the hyper-link,” (Scott Griffin, Internet Pioneers).Mosaic instantly became a very popular web browser. The problem with Mosaic was that, Andreessen was a student at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois; NCSA took the credit and rights to Mosaic, forcing Andreessen to move on and start over from scratch recreating his idea of a web browser. Andreessen ended up settling in California where he meet a new team and ended up constructing and making Mosaic Netscape. The university of Illinois claimed that Andreessen and his team had stolen Mosaic, so this prompt a change in names to Netscape Communications Corporation and with a lawsuit costing Netscape $3million(Griffin). Although, at its time Netscape made a huge success, it wasn’t long till Microsoft pulled the plug on Netscape, and made an unbeatable product that would wipe out Netscape. As the world keeps growing so does the world of internet, what may possible be a huge hit today, could be replaced and gone tomorrow.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/andreesen.html
http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/topstory.htm
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