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AOL lays off Netscape browser team
« on: July 16, 2003, 01:57:39 PM »
AOL has layed off 50 positions at Netscape, which affects less than 10 percent of Netscape employees. At the same time, AOL has promised 2 million dollars to create the Mozilla Foundation, an incorporated non-profit organization.

Check out the following for more info:
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3422

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Re: AOL kills Netscape
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2003, 02:37:15 PM »
It's not all bad news though. Now Mozilla is free from AOL with $2m handshake as well. Check it out on mozilla.org for more info.

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Re: AOL kills Netscape
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2003, 03:39:28 PM »
I especially like the quote from The Register

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Netscape's death will provoke a thousand arguments, but none will be so useful as utility. Well, maybe and perhaps, browsers don't really matter too much. But the fact that Microsoft's miserable excuse for a web browser - a sorry piece of code that has been untouched by human hand for many years, now - speaks volumes about indulging the wrong kind of people with big responsibilities.
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Re: AOL kills Netscape
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2003, 05:33:58 PM »
Yeap Opera rocks! Definately my favourite browser at the moment... Tonnes of options & features :-o .

Anyone want to convince Opera to port it to AmigaOS 4.0?  :-D
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