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Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 It isn't a perfect system, but it works beautifully. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Everybody has something to say. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Own records only Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Netscape's global sales force consisted of six people in June 1995. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 It's going to mean wrenching changes, I think. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Images are a fundamental part of that information, as is a user interface that's very easy to use. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 The surprising thing was that every time you expected it to calm down and level off it just kept increasing. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Mostly true Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 In June 1995, Andreessen said he thought Netscape had about six million Navigator users on the public network, not counting users behind firewalls. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Technology
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 MCI is the first major American communications company that really understands networking and the idea that they can offer data services… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Unresolvable Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 One of the things Netscape tried to do was keep the concepts of client and server very separate. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Technology
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I think that the market is just taking off on its own. I think too much government involvement at this point would be very bad. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I figured out that this was something that we should do and it was the right time and place to do it Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I think we were a bit surprised again; we were certainly hoping something like this would happen again. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not researched Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Andreessen said his development group took a minimalist approach, as it had with Mosaic, trying to keep the interface to a minimal amount of material other than the Net-based information itself. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Technology
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 The future's on both sides because the client needs to have the capability to display information and to make it useful. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 As far as bandwidth, it is mostly the local loop to the home that is really the blockage point. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Imagine if the government tried to make standards in software. The computer industry would have been stalled. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 The web browser was going to be one of these, so in a sense we gave away one so that people could see the others. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 No idea. Pretty sure I wasn't going to be a farmer. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 The downside is that it could vanish overnight. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I always wanted to produce software people would use and get it out there. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Had we been at Stanford, of course we would have started a company; in the Midwest, no way. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Mixed Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Early in his time at the University of Illinois, Andreessen started working in a research lab at the university's physics research facility. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Conversely, being in an academic environment was also highly political. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Unresolvable Marc Andreessen Prediction Jun 1995 Some day it should be possible for everyone to publish on the Net as easily as using word processing. Marc Andreessen · Prediction · Jun 1995 Technology
Own records only Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Andreessen spends half an hour every morning reading news online, in addition to newspapers. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Other
Mostly true Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 The Mosaic team designed Mosaic with end users as its target. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Technology
Mostly true Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Internet access was never free; it always cost money. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Essentially what we're trying to do is present information in as simple a form as possible for the user to read and deal with. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 It is ironic that the only way to develop an application like this in C--which is only one step up from some other languages but with… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not researched Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 The NSF backbone cost only $11 million a year until it ceased to exist a couple of years before 1995. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Every new node, every new server, every new user expands the possibilities for everyone else who's already there. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I knew that we had to completely re-write it. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Unresolvable Marc Andreessen Prediction Jun 1995 Five or ten years is about the right timeframe to think about consumers shifting their commerce online, because that is about how long it takes for consumer habits to change on a broad scale. Marc Andreessen · Prediction · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 It actually happened much faster than we expected. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Resolved true Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 After the company shipped product in December, its revenues went from zero to a level where it was pretty much able to fund the bulk of its work and development. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Somebody once said that the best type of strategic partnership is a purchase order. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Resolved true Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Yahoo was started by Ph.D. students at Stanford. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Technology
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 The environment was falling to pieces compared to what it had been, simply because there was this influx of money. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 We wanted to make Mosaic friendly for people to use. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I don't think you could find another media which has precipitated such a volume of creative content. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 One way to describe the universe is users, merchants and financial institutions--the three fundamental pillars to making electronic… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Mostly false Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 Leaving aside access into the home, general bandwidth is improving in price-performance, or dropping in price, faster than microprocessors, by a factor of about four each year. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 Economics and markets
Not researched Marc Andreessen Factual Jun 1995 The US supercomputing program of the mid-1980s originated because the government considered a powerful computing infrastructure for scientists crucial. Marc Andreessen · Factual · Jun 1995 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 I wondered if there was business there. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 He brought the viewpoint that you should have broadband data going into everyone's home and you should have computing devices everywhere… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Everything will be completely different. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable Jun 1995 Oh yes, I think it's a huge small business opportunity. Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · Jun 1995
Unresolvable Bill Gates Prediction 1995 People always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Bill Gates · Prediction · 1995 Technology
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“Essentially what we're trying to do is present information in as simple a form as possible for the user to read and deal with.”

Marc Andreessen June 1995 Smithsonian Oral and Video Histories: Marc Andreessen (Smithsonian)

Essentially what we're trying to do is present information in as simple a form as possible for the user to read and deal with.

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Marc Andreessen, “Essentially what we're trying to do is present information in as simple a form as possible for the user to read and deal with.” (said June 1995). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_cf50f4ac4dbf, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_cf50f4ac4dbf

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