points by otterley 2 days ago | 0 comments
His primary achievement in life was to persuade Yahoo! to buy his broadcast.com business for nearly $6B (which was shut down very soon thereafter).
The same is true of Paul Graham, too (viaweb). Yahoo! made a few lucky people a lot of money, while impoverishing Yahoo! itself.
I'm just old enough to remember the hype and growth around realnetworks and realplayer in the seattle area too.