[JA] Re: Internet Explorer 7
- From: Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jersey@xxxxxxxx>
- To: juno_accmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:06:59 est
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:08:48 pst, thepccat wrote:
> Meantime, Netscape [I believe this came from AOL? and was the
> alternative browser among the cognoscenti back in IE 4 days] got
> handed to open source, and a pretty decent browser and OE
> replacement has been developed, over a long time and many beta
> versions.
You're almost right. Netscape were their own man until merging with
AOL in '98. They spun the browser development part off and
continue to use the name for other projects, e.g. a competing ISP.
A timeline, up to summer '03, is on
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm
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