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Gecko May Replace IE In AOL/CompuServe

Posted by timothy on from the or-just-another-feint dept.

ShaunC writes: "According to this C|Net article, pieces of Gecko have been spotted in a beta version of the next CompuServe client, and AOL has confirmed that Gecko is being tested as CompuServe's default browser. AOL 7.0 is shipping with IE, but perhaps future versions will widen the gap between AOL and Microsoft. (I'm glad we won't be seeing AOL-TW-MS-NBC.)"

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  1. Re:Negative Aspects Making OSS A Product, Not Proc by Phroggy · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I find it somewhat disturbing as in this case, AOL are profiting directly from the product, meanwhile, they contribute nothing back to the open source community (except bug reports, but what AOL users submit those).

    Uhh, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't AOL funding a significant chunk of Mozilla development? Don't they have programmers on staff working on this stuff?

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