Technically Netspace wasnt a startup, they IPOd early and were bought by AOL for 4 billion in 98. They were real large scale contenders where such a dynamic could really be do or die.
There's degrees to market manipulation and market position where this sort of explanation would hold water as being the root cause of death knell.
There's degrees to market manipulation and market position where this sort of explanation would hold water as being the root cause of death knell.