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AOL Drops MSIE for Netscape in Mac OS X Beta

Posted by pudge on from the took-em-long-enough dept.

Kitzilla writes "AOL introduces an 'Aquafied' client for Max OS X, and pulls the plug on Internet Explorer. It's AOL for Mac, Version 2: now with a tasty Gecko filling." news.com has a story. I wonder if Mac OS X will ever ship with a Netscape/Mozilla browser. I wonder if Mozilla will be shipped with Windows clients in the future. I wonder if this will pave the way to a a full-fledged Linux version of AOL. I wonder if this will ignite another AOL/MS war. I wonder how 24 will end this Tuesday.

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  1. Re:Bad thing if it is a Mac only change by foniksonik · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This could have something to do with Apple being the first and only OS / Software company to be able to strike a deal with AOL on their chat software AIM.

    With Jaguar/10.2's imminent release and iChat compatibility with AIM via mac.com usernames this could really have an interesting impact on the interoperability/integration of AOL services with the Apple/Mac initiative.

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