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NetObjects goes out of business

updated 06:05 pm EDT, Sun September 2, 2001

 
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NetObjects, which had previously offered, its Web authoring package for the Macintosh platform, has gone out of business. The company, almost half-owned by IBM, last Friday said it would be de-listed from the NASDAQ index. NetObjects is attempting to sell its assets as soon as possible.


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  1. fuzzymac

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    :(

    och.. sour times

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    ...about time...

    their offerings are pretty substandard . Extremely slow, spits out wacky HTML code and has a horrible interface. Never used NO on a Mac - these are comments on the latest Windows version!

  1. mactropolis

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    WebObjects

    Wow. It looks like Apple's WebObjects have been kicking some butt since being reduced to $699 -- NetObjects range. I'm still suprised the company collasped. I would have thought a company as big as IBM would have put some dinero in to keep it allive since their practacally own it.

  1. SandyS1

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    Good Riddance

    The way it's written in the report, it looks like it is yet another Mac developer biting the dust. It was...in 1998. They last released a Mac version at version 3, and now they are at version 7. I wrote them at the time, and their response was "The Mac is dead, we don't need you."

    Well, even with the recent downturns, Apple's stock is worth more than it was in 1998, and their stock is...delisted.

    NetObjects is dead and we don't need them.

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    Good riddance

    Since they dropped support for the Mac a few versions back their market share has been dwindling.

    Think about it - if they had kept up on the Mac side they might still be about.

  1. 2plus2

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    inaccuracies above

    their offerings are pretty substandard . Extremely slow, spits out wacky HTML code and has a horrible interface. Never used NO on a Mac - these are comments on the latest Windows version!

    obviously never used the product - any version, any platform.

    and now they are at version 7.

    try v6 -- NOF MX

    Think about it - if they had kept up on the Mac side they might still be about.

    Get real. With the Mac's giant 5% market share it wouldn't have made a dent.

  1. 2plus2

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    inaccuracies above v2

    -- their offerings are pretty substandard . Extremely slow, spits out wacky HTML code and has a horrible interface. Never used NO on a Mac - these are comments on the latest Windows version!

    obviously never used the product - any version, any platform.

    -- and now they are at version 7.

    try v6 -- NOF MX

    -- Think about it - if they had kept up on the Mac side they might still be about.

    Get real. With the Mac's giant 5% market share it wouldn't have made a dent.

  1. hayesk

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    09/03, 09:30am | report spam | Reply |

    Re: inaccuracies... WRONG

    With a vertical market product, citing general market share is pointless and irrelevant.

    Adobe sales are 50% Mac - how can that be if the Mac has only 5% market share?

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    fusion

    Fusion was WAY ahead of its time when it first came out. The first pixel accurate html wysiwyg editor. Its too bad to see it go, I started designing pages with version 1.0 of that program way many moons ago. As of recently, yes their product offerings sucked, but, you should give credit where credit is due. Its sad to see yet ANOTHER tecch firm go down, especially one as groundbreaking as netobjects. A sign that there IS no end in sight for this recession.



    Nick

  1. mikeolin@mac.com

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    NetObjects- Apple Alumns

    Know one has thought about the historical picture with NetObjects failure. Many of the founding executives were Apple alumni. Clement Mok, the Creative Director that gave Apple the "different" 80's look. Samir Arora, the CEO and Founder, who held many management roles while at Apple. I personally knew his Assistant, Janet Byler(former Apple), who said NetObjects was at least half Apple people in 1996. Yes, it's hard to feel sorry for these people after they were made instant millionaires after IBM purchased half in 1999. But I think the IBM controlling interests kept them from delivering timely Mac products and kept them in the dulldrum PC market where competition was greater and quicker. NetObjects was an incredible product in 1996, but like some good products it got leapfrogged. I do think this is negative news regarding the loss of another OS X developer. Will never know if NetObjects might have won an "Eddy" award for best Web design for Mac OS X in 2003?

    Mike

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