Friday, 23 June 2006
Netscape.com Did Not Catch On 
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If Alexa is to be trusted (see Alexa Spike Anomaly), AOL's move with Netscape.com as a Digg clone did not catch on.
Plus, the new Digg looks very, very nice. My prediction is that the the red line in this graph will have another little spike in a week or so.
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Google calendar is proof Netscape was right
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31363
Netscape webmail to be killed by AIM
Calacanis experiment annoys faithful Netscapers
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33125
AOL's Calacanis offers "truce" to outraged Netscape.com fans
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=33156
But perhaps the most risible fact about Calacanis' lack of understanding of the Netscape.com brand and what it stood for comes from his own blog:
"Did you know that you could take the Firefox code and make your own Browser?! I think I want to make the "Jason Browser," anyone out there know how to do this? I'm serious, I want to put a wrapper around Firefox with a bunch of Jason-specific services. Hit me on email (jason at calacanis dot com)."
Source: http://www.calacanis.com/2006/03/06/firefox-mozilla-corporation-mozilla-foundation-made-72m-last/
Gee, it seems the new head of Netscape.com isn't aware that the Netscape 8.x browser is just that! a wrapper around Firefox with a bunch of "Netscape speficic services".
I dont' remember a better example of the "Peter Principle" than Mr. Calacanis.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle
Just my $0.02
FC
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