[thelist] Netscape's time is up, a bit more info

Roger Newbrook roger.newbrook at scientiasolutions.com
Wed Sep 10 03:31:56 CDT 2003


Tim told us about the demise of Netscape,

according to the BBC there is a bit more:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3074031.stm

"Life after death 

Although AOL owns Netscape, it has preferred to build its web browsing tools
around Microsoft's Internet Explorer. 

When Netscape became part of AOL, the core code for the browser was also
passed to an organisation called Mozilla which started its own development
programme. 

To aid the new Mozilla Foundation that is taking on some of the former
Netscape workers, AOL said it will give $2m to the group as well as domain
names, trademarks and intellectual property to help the launch. 

Mozilla has already produced a browser bearing its own name and said it will
continue to develop the core code and make it available to anyone else that
wants to tinker with it or join the development efforts." 



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