Netscape's story reads like a proper fairy tale: takeovers, fierce and hostile competition, split-ups, a giant payout and even a dragon! While Netscape
The rise and fall of Netscape.
One of the first great successes and then failures of the internet.
A lesson to why Agile matters.
A lesson to why putting the customer first matters.
"Developers" like to build. Creating a great product is more than just this.
Creating a product requires a clear Definition (positioning, biz model, purpose, ...), Design (UX which a customer loves, ...), Development (fast, efficient, agile, customer driven), Deployment (goto market strategy, ...). Do your 4D's right.
Anyway - if you don't know the Netscape story this is well worth a read. Slightly off topic.