7. (Ch 2.2) Bill Gates "Gets" The Internet

Kevin Scott is the current Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft. We talk about his entire career, how being an academic seemed to be his path before he transformed the ads system at Google. Then he revolutionized the entire advertising industry at AdMob; is credited by some peop ...  Show more

Today we continue my efforts to preserve the history of the ISP industry. Today it feels like the Internet is simply all around us all the time, but there are amazing entrepreneurial stories about how that crucial infrastructure was laid. Today we talk to Sonic founder Dane Jaspe ...  Show more

To compete with Netscape, Bill Gates is forced to do the one thing he hates most: give tech away for free. He bundles Internet Explorer with Windows, effectively making his browser ubiquitous--and Netscape’s redundant. Suddenly, Netscape, the company that launched the dot-com ...

Damit Microsoft mit Netscape konkurrieren kann, muss Bill Gates das tun, was er am meisten hasst: Software verschenken. Er bündelt den Internet Explorer mit Windows und macht seinen Browser damit allgegenwärtig - und den von Netscape überflüssig. Aber der Kampf ist noch nicht vor ...  Show more

Microsoft has officially won the battle against Netscape, but for Bill Gates, the browser war is far from over. The federal government has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft, and called Gates to Washington, D.C. for questioning.

Hotshot prosecutor David Boies a ...

Microsoft hat den Kampf gegen Netscape gewonnen, aber der Kampf der Internet-Browser ist noch lange nicht vorbei. Die amerikanische Regierung hat eine Kartellklage gegen Microsoft eingereicht und Bill Gates zu einer Befragung nach Washington eingeladen. Der Fall könnte den Softwa ...  Show more