国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
Netscape Communications Corp. goes public after generating revenues of US$16.6 million of the course of the past year. Five million shares are offered. 4,250,000 of the shares are offered in North America on the NASDAQ, becoming the third largest NASDAQ offering ever. Another 750,000 shares are offered internationally. The stock was initially valued at US$14 a share, but at the last minute, the price of the initial offering was set at US$28. The stockopens at US$71, reaching a high of US$74.75 before closing at US$58 at the close of trading, setting the company’s value at US$2.2 million. It is the best opening day for a stock in Wall Street history for an issue of its size. The success of the offering inspires a horde of internet firms to make their own IPO during a period that will come to be known as the Dot-com bubble. Its success is also credited with bringing the internet phenomena to the attention of millions who had previously ignored the struggling technology. Netscape was co-founded by Marc Andreessen the developer of the MOSAIC web browser while a student at the University of Illinois.
Version 2.62.1 of the RemoteAccess bulletin board system is released.
Google announces that it has agreed to give Yahoo 2.7 million shares of its common stock to settle patent infringement and other legal claims. In addition, Google agrees to purchases a perpetual license for the disputed patents from Yahoo’s subsidiaryOverture Services. Yahoo acquired Google’s chief advertising rival Overture in July 2003 for US$1.63 billion for its more than sixty web-related patents.