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Mozilla, Gecko, Netscape, And Their Future At AOL

Posted by chrisd on from the fish-flopping-on-the-dock dept.

bluephone writes "I've been lucky enough to receive some interesting information from within the Netscape/AOLTW firewall, although in light of AOL's recent massive losses, poor outlook, and high profile execs resigning their positions, I'm not sure if these battle plans are still intact. As it stands, Netscape 7.x has one major release left for the forseeable future, but Gecko will soon overshadow everything, becoming the core platform for all of AOL's Internet content distribution. For all the details and much more, read it here."

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  1. Not car insurance. by rammadon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gecko will save you 30% or more on Internet browsers... wait... Did i get that wrong?

    Good deal, AOL is doomed for one reason- people learned how to use the internet. It was the intermediary, but no longer with the advent of popular broadband.

    1. Re:Not car insurance. by drpatt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, great. A posting gecko.

  2. Oh god no... by damiam · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why not deal a 1-2 punch to Microsoft in the form of a Netscape branded ISP

    So now, if someone says their ISP is "Netscape", you're not sure if they're clueless or really telling the truth.

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    1. Re:Oh god no... by C0LDFusion · · Score: 5, Funny

      You'll still know they are clueless if they complain that they need to upgrade their keyboard to include an any key.

      "Damn it, I knew I shouldn't have purchased the cheap keyboard."

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    2. Re:Oh god no... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You'll still know they are clueless if they complain that they need to upgrade their keyboard to include an any key.

      Compaq FAQ: Where do I find the "Any" key on my keyboard? (FAQ2859)

  3. The lesser of two evils? by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who'da thunk that AOL would become a heavyweight in the battle for standardization on the internet against Microsoft? Strange days indeed!

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  4. Re:Sinking quickly by MonopolyNews · · Score: 3, Funny

    Time-Warner has hosed a lot of other companies... why blame the prey? They hosed Atari Games. They hosed CNN (used to be number one in news, remember?) They hosed AOL too. AOL is a boon to them because they can blame it all on the internet, rather than their grow at any cost don't worry you don't need to know the business just buy high and sell low!!!! I'm pretty sure Time-Warner-CNN-AOL is just some sort of money laundering racket.

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  5. Time to change your sig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about "YES, I'm a Slashdot reader... and an AOL user."

  6. Re:Only good news by Bob+The+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It will finally force web authors to support standards not monopolies.

    Yes, Lord knows the poor people at AOL are just good honest folk trying to get their foot in the door...

    ;o)

  7. Re:AOL should sell utility, not ease of use by Fwonkas · · Score: 2, Funny
    Every time I see an AOL commercial on TV, I think "man, their advertising department needs to be shot."

    Hey, not just AOL:

    "By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself. No, this is not a joke: kill yourself . . . I know what the marketing people are thinking now too: 'Oh. He's going for that anti-marketing dollar. That's a good market.' Oh man, I am not doing that, you fucking evil scumbags."

    -- Bill Hicks

    (lifted from http://www.disinfo.com/pages/dossier/id1025/pg1/)

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  8. AOL/Netscape to release new video game! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Mozilla: Destroy all Browsers

  9. To clear up any confusion by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's Gecko, not GEICO.

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  10. Re:They've threatened it before by Bert64 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Infact, Having been a jaguar driver for 20 years, i am very disappointed by their lack of support for non-ie browsers... Infact this influenced my decision to buy a 7-series BMW.

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  11. Re:Only good news by DrXym · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well in this matter AOL are being pretty honest. AOL sells content - news, films, magazines etc. and frankly they don't care how you get it as long as you can get it. Therefore standards as far they are concerned is a Good Thing since they can deliver their content in a way that reaches as many people as possible - Windows, Mac, Linux, settop boxes, phones, wherever.


    What they don't want is Microsoft or anyone else controlling the delivery format for obvious reasons - it's as good an idea as allowing a mental patient to shave your privates with a razor.

  12. Uhhmmm... not very well researched by Simon+Brooke · · Score: 1, Funny
    From the article:
    Gecko's Bright Future
    Gecko is the engine in the current Mac OS X client release

    Uhhmmm... No, it's not.

    If he's got this wrong, what else has he got wrong?

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