Jim Clark's boat is smarter than yours

Jim Clark, Netscape's head, is beginning to draw the public's attention with Hyperion, Clark's new 155-foot sailboat. Already, sober publications have written that Clark will be able to sail his boat remotely, from his desk, via Netscape. Much has been made of Hyperion's multimil...

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Published in:Fortune 1998-11, Vol.138 (10), p.82
Main Author: Smith, Timothy K
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Boats
Canals
Chief executive officers
Clark, Jim
Hobbies
Initial public offerings
Interactive computer systems
Internet service providers
Personal profiles
Process controls
Sailing & sailboats
Software
Startups
Systems design
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Summary:Jim Clark, Netscape's head, is beginning to draw the public's attention with Hyperion, Clark's new 155-foot sailboat. Already, sober publications have written that Clark will be able to sail his boat remotely, from his desk, via Netscape. Much has been made of Hyperion's multimillion-dollar price tag and huge cutter rig. The cultural timing is terrible too: As the economy threatens to sour, essayists are already comparing Silicon Valley entrepreneurs like Clark with the last decade's Wall Street vulgarians. Clark founded 2 Silicon Valley startups that touched a lot of people's lives: Silicon Graphics and Netscape. Healtheon is his latest business venture. Clark says all he has ever done is build businesses. Hyperion, he says, is a hobby. Clark has been putting in 40 hours a week writing code for the computer network that will give his vessel an elaborate, bespoke intranet. It will be a tool for sailing unlike any the world has seen. To build the system, Clark has hired 3 software engineers and formed a company called Seascape.
ISSN:0015-8259