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AOL Lays Off 50 Netscape Coders

xcable points out a CNET story which begins "America Online on Tuesday said it has laid off 50 employees involved in Web browser development at its Netscape subsidiary amid a reorganization of its Mozilla open-source browser team," and offers a reminder that "AOL recently made a deal with Microsoft to use IE in future AOL releases." This adds a bit more detail to yesterday's (updated) story about the establishment of the Mozilla foundation.

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  2. Netscape? by javajames27 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Netscape? Who's Netscape?

  3. Thank god by moehoward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We all know coders shouldn't actually be paid to code. Now, there is that much more order to the world.

    Go Free Stuff!

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    "If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus
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  5. Re:If... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Netscape a.k.a Mozilla got flushed because Mozilla sucks. Check the Register for what really killed Mozilla (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31765.html )

    Long live Opera!

  6. Re:Very sad by rekkanoryo · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess my point wasn't clear enough. How many users of Windows these days know enough to realize the ftp command line program exists, let alone to know how to use it? Hell, for that matter, how many Windows users realize that there is a world beyond point-and-click? I'd wager a very, very tiny percentage.

  7. Cathedral and Bazaar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The verdict is in. Eric Raymond pointed to Mozilla as a test case for Open Source and it's clear now that opening the source, in the case of large complex software, does not lead to more code inspection or higher code quality. We also see this with Linux, which is a large body of complex software, also with the same quality and stability problems.

  8. You don't have to be Kreskin... by josh+crawley · · Score: -1, Troll

    Red ink flows like a river of blood... another corpse turned over to the charnel house.

    Anyone the ratio of Netscape to Internet Explorer posts on Slashdot?

  9. AOL and IE both Suck by classic66coupe · · Score: 0, Troll

    subject says it all.