Chapters 11, 12, 13, and 14 analyze exploration, and related activities that encouraged or discouraged it. The chapters examine Microsoft during the browser wars, Wall Street analysts during the financial bubble, the entry of Google, and the growth of wireless Internet access.
TABLE 11.1. Selected notable events from chapters 11, 12, 13, 14
Year |
Chapters |
Notable Events |
1994 |
13 |
Lou Montulli invents the cookie at Netscape |
13 |
Sergey Brin begins his graduate studies |
|
1995 |
11 |
Bill Gates writes “Internet Tidal Wave” |
11 |
Netscape IPO and Windows 95 launched in same month |
|
13 |
Larry Page begins his graduate studies |
|
1996 |
11 |
Microsoft begins pressuring partners not to support Netscape |
12 |
Greenspan makes speech about “Irrational Exuberance” |
|
12 |
Wave of new entrants marks start of dot-com boom |
|
1997 |
14 |
FCC issues final draft of Part-15 rules for spectrum |
11 |
Jobs makes deal so IE becomes default browser for Apple |
|
11 |
Netscape and Microsoft reach near parity in browser features |
|
1998 |
11 |
Senate hearings about Microsoft |
13 |
Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin |
|
11 |
Netscape coalition collapses, AOL eventually buys Netscape |
|
1999 |
12 |
Dot-com boom reaches greatest height |
12 |
Telecom meltdown begins after rule change for CLECs |
|
14 |
IEEE committee 802.11 issues design a & b, labeled “Wi-Fi” |
|
2000 |
11 |
Judge Jackson issues judgment that finds against Microsoft |
12 |
NASDAQ reaches its peak in stock valuations of dot-coms |
|
2001 |
14 |
Wi-Fi becomes available on Windows-based systems |
12 |
PSINet declares bankruptcy |
|
12 |
9/11 terrorist attacks on World Trade Center |
|
11 |
DOJ settles with Microsoft |
|
2002 |
12 |
Internal accountant discovered fraud at WorldCom |
13 |
Google scales quality-weighted second price auction |
|
12 |
Economic decline reaches its nadir |
|
2003 |
13 |
Google launches AdSense |
14 |
Intel launches Centrino |