[rmason]

I never went to IU but I was at a conference there right after Netscape launched. The Dean spoke and he laid it on real thick about being the place where the web browser was invented. He said that IU was 'ground zero for the upcoming Internet revolution'.

Then I found out much later that they had refused to let Andreessen use the Mosaic name for his company. They also turned down equity in the company that became Netscape. They also Andreessen later said burned any bridge to receiving alumni support from him. But the Dean told us at the time that IU had a 'close relationship' with Andreessen and the rest of the alums creating Netscape.

Then they licensed the Mosaic source code to Microsoft which proceeded to use it to bludgeon Netscape.