Word: userland
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There are some who argue that Gates may be overreaching by taking on the Internet-that online services could become, as an America Online executive put it, "Microsoft's Vietnam." Dave Winer, president of a Silicon Valley software company called UserLand, sees the extraordinary growth of the Internet as a rebellion against Microsoft. "The users outfoxed us," he says. "While the software industry was following Bill Gates, the users went another way. They took control. And once the users take control, they never give it back...
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