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Life After Netscape For Mozilla Developers

Posted by timothy on from the life-goes-on dept.

An anonymous reader submits "MozillaZine has an article up on life after Netscape for Mozilla developers formerly employed there. Several developers are now employed by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation in full or part-time positions, others have been hired by IBM and Daniel Glazman was contracted by Lindows to write web publishing application Nvu. Another group of developers have joined together to form Mozilla Consulting to work on customized Mozilla enhancements. The amount of interest by non-Netscape companies in Mozilla is surely a positive sign for the future of the project."

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  1. No. 1 in a series.... by Ratface · · Score: 3, Funny

    Coming soon...

    Life after Worldcom
    Life after Boo.com
    Life after SCO ... etc - ad nauseum.

    Given that ever single developer I know has changed job at least once in the last 3 years this is one nepotistic story!

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    A little planning goes a long way...
  2. Re:Nothing says success like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    It's a god damn miracle you can still post at +2.
    At least this time, you didn't.

  3. AOL still banner-ad'ing Netscape 7.1 ... by Hobart · · Score: 2, Funny
    Funny thing is, there's still some marketing person at AOL with an ad budget that's got "Switch to Netscape 7.1!" banners playing on http://www.aim.com (and perhaps other sites?)
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    o/~ Join us now and share the software ...
  4. Re:Life after SCO by Richard+W.M.+Jones · · Score: 2, Funny
    Darl Mcbride lives alone in a studio apt in utah, wasting away dreaming of what might have been...

    Hopefully that'll be the kind of "studio apt" where you get your meals delivered through a small hole in the door three times a day, and have to take a shower with your new boyfriend "Big Bubba" every morning.

    Rich.

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    libguestfs - tools for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images
  5. Re:Litmus Test by mcpkaaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    I get roped into supporting PC's and networks (sigh) for family members

    I felt your pain. Then I discovered the solution, and my life has been smooth sailing ever since. Two words: restraining order. Sure, it can make family gatherings a little tense for a while, but after dad spends a few nights in the clink for one too many Windows 95 support calls, things start to settle down.

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    It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
  6. Re:Ugh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Ha ha - good one!

  7. Left Out Of The Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    16 developers currently work for McDonalds
    3 developers work at Arbys
    1 developer works for TGIF

    30 developers are currently living in Mom's basement/guest room/crashing on the couch.

    5 developers are living under the River St bridge, 3 in boxes, 2 in old station wagons.

    3 developers "left the reservation" and are currently living in a commune.

    1 developer is a mid level Amway rep

  8. Re:Article summary by Snard · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course... people don't ie when they get fired...
    Former Netscape developers probably IE as little as possible :-)

    (Yeah, I know it was a typo, couldn't resist)

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    - Mike
  9. Re:Litmus Test by pmz · · Score: 3, Funny

    I got both of my banks (credit card and checking accounts) to support Mozilla by kindly asking a few times to have it added.

    How do I convince a site administrator without offending him after he says "we have to accept only Word format due to security reasons"? This is a true story, and after reading his reply, I was at a loss for words that didn't sound like a chilren's pop-up book or a mallet-to-the-head rant.

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    Healthcare article at Kuro5hin