Dear All,

Misti and Tom's suggestion of Lewis's The New, New Thing (and Wired) came to mind first.  Some other possibilities are the San Jose Mercury News, which I think  has a historical digitized database going back to the mid 1980s or so. (Perhaps the historical databases of the newspaper articles of the WSJ and NYT also)   The trade publications Computerworld and Datamation might be possibilities.  In addition to Lewis's book which is detailed, other journalists wrote books on the Browser Wars, might be something in them on this. University of Illinois has tremendous Archives/Special Collections, that might be a place to check with as well. I don't know what they have on Mosaic and the commercialization of the work done at Illinois by Andreeson, Clark and Co. at Netscape,, but perhaps they have something.

At CBI we have grown our internet history archives greatly in recent years...Do not know what is in it but we have a bit on Netscape's early years in the Monash Collection and the Cortada Papers. (Have a ton on the other MOSAIC ;-) (Multi-User On-Line System for the Analysis of International Computing, an interdisciplinary collaborative effort to study computing/CS in the USSR, China, etc.), but relatively little on Mosaic browser and Netscape (other than one is below) at CBI.

Best, Jeff



Netscape, 1995-1998.

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 1-6
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files are listed in alphabetical order by company name. Many companies have multiple listings under slightly different names, such as Acucobol and Acucobol, Inc. When provided, the original file names were retained.
Dates: 1995-1998.
Found in: Charles Babbage Institute Archives / CBI 160, Curt A. Monash papers / Company Files

Manger, Jason J. Netscape Navigator , 1995

 Item — Box: 116
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The James W. Cortada Papers include research materials for The Digital Hand(Cortada's three-volume history of computing in American industries), IBM documents and publications collected by Cortada while working for the company, and publications authored or edited by James W. Cortada on the history of business and computing.

Box numbering starts over with the 2009 donation.
Dates: 1995
Found in: Charles Babbage Institute Archives / CBI 185, James W. Cortada papers / Books and Serials, 2009 Donation.

Best, Jeff

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On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 10:31 AM Andreas Bernard <bernard@leuphana.de> wrote:
Dear all,
I’m so thankful for all your recommendations. That's great!
Thanks a lot. Now I know what to do.
Best, Andreas



Prof. Dr. Andreas Bernard
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Centre for Digital Cultures
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Am 14.01.2021 um 17:22 schrieb <thomas.haigh@gmail.com> <thomas.haigh@gmail.com>:

+1 on Netscape Time. The other place to look is Michael Lewis’s The New New Thing about Jim Clark.
 
Tom
 
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Cc: Andreas Bernard <bernard@leuphana.de>; members@sigcis.org
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Have you consulted the book Netscape Time by Jim Clark? It is a pretty detailed accounting of the founding of Netscape. 

Misti Yang
 
 
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 4:45 AM Jan Müggenburg <jan.mueggenburg@leuphana.de> wrote:
Dear everyone,
 
here’s an interesting question concerning the history of Netscape from my dear colleague Andreas Bernard. How did Andreessen and Clark (and probably Perkins?) celebrate the foundation of Mosaic Communications Corporation on April 4th 1994? Can someone help?
 
---jan
 
Prof. Dr. Jan Müggenburg
 
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Von: "Andreas Bernard" <CDCinfo@leuphana.de>
Betreff: [CDCinfo] a question for computer historians
Datum: 14. Januar 2021 um 10:34:56 MEZ
Antwort an: "Andreas Bernard" <bernard@leuphana.de>
 

Dear all,
I have a little question concerning a certain day in recent computer history. Has anybody done some research or does anybody know a source about April 4 1994, the day Andreessen and Clark founded Netscape? I would need some precise information on the circumstances of that day: when and where did they release the foundation, how did they celebrate it, what did they do in the evening of April 4 (e.g. a festive dinner, a big party)? 
It would be so great if somebody among us knew a source? I have researched the Net for hours and all I found was only some very general articles about the foundation, without any specific information.
Thank you so much for your help.
Best regards, Andreas 


Prof. Dr. Andreas Bernard
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Centre for Digital Cultures
Am Sande 5
21335 Lüneburg

Tel.: 04131 2192622
cdc.leuphana.com


 
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