Life Since the Baby Boom

Life Since the Baby Boom

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Life Since the Baby Boom
Life Since the Baby Boom
Notes on Chapter 29
This New Internet Thing

Notes on Chapter 29

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Albert Cory
Dec 12, 2024
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In Chapter 29, Janet actually quits 3Com and goes to work at Netscape. I had some help from a friend who was there before the IPO, so I think I got most of the details right. I also read Jim Clark’s Netscape Time.

It was an insane time for the developers. Leaving at 8:00 pm was considered “going home early.” Nonetheless, Janet does it. At Oracle I heard…

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