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posted Jul 16 @ 11:18 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

When the Fortune article on the Netscape IPO came out, I wondered why Jamie Zawinski wasn’t in it…figured it was something like this. “The article is out now, and I see my instinct was exactly correct: it’s not accomplishments or culture or technology, it’s just about price tags. And to this day, every time I read Mike Homer’s name my stomach clenches up.”