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Netscape 6.1

Posted by michael on from the netscape's-still-around? dept.

max2010 writes: "Netscape Browser Version 6.1 is released. Give it a try, grab the 25MByte junk of code for MAC, Unix and Windows at ftp.netscape.com." MSNBC has a brief story about the release.

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  1. Mozilla ... Netscape ... what't the difference? by KidSock · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    ... based on the Mozilla.org open-source development effort, ..

    I have submitted bug reports for Mozilla and besides the obvious hanger-ons it's very clear that all of Mozilla's developers work for Netscape. Mozilla is not an Open-Source project like everyone's been preaching. Sure people have submitted their own little gizmo to add but thankfully the've abandoned all that crap and are getting down to the metal now. The Open-Sourcing of Netscape was a failure and it's time we fess up and wrote it off as a necessary experiment.

    Don't bash Netscape because you'll be bashing Mozilla in the process. The're one and the same.

  2. How much deeper does this hole get? by shr3k · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    The more Netscape keeps releasing beta code, the more users it's alienating. I know it's tough not having the latest and greatest 5.x (err 6.x) browser to market, but come on. By the time we get to 6.2 (i.e. Mozilla 1.0 stable), there will be five Netscape users left.