Forbes (Aug. 7) – Netscape Communications Corp. went public on Aug. 9, 1995. Netscape was co-founded by Marc Andreessen, who had earlier co-developed the Mosaic web browser at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at Illinois. The success of the offering inspired numerous startups, benefiting from the 1989 invention of the Web by Tim Berners-Lee and the hype about “the new economy” and “disruptive innovations.”
Related story: The Baltimore Sun (Aug. 8) – Netscape Communications, the audacious Silicon Valley startup founded by Illinois alumnus Marc Andreessen that introduced the World Wide Web to millions of Americans, is gradually being forgotten. As memories of Netscape and its contributions fade, key moments of the Web’s formative days are at risk of being diminished and obscured.