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Netscape Reborn?

Posted by timothy on from the persistence dept.

An anonymous reader writes "BetaNews reports that Netscape has been revived with Firefox backing. 'Despite media reports and industry pundits over the years relegating Netscape to Internet history books, AOL has restarted the browser's development. The company plans to bring back a refreshed Netscape browser based on Firefox.'"

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  1. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It may be based on Firefox, the old source for Netscape/Mozilla, it may even look like Netscape of old, but it'll never have the same feel that Netscape had.

    1. Re:Bah by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 4, Funny

      And I'm sure that if this fails, the next Netscape will just be a skinned version of IE.

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    2. Re:Bah by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 4, Funny

      but it'll never have the same feel that Netscape had.

      God be praised.

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  2. Market share? by beacher · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTA - "The browser's market share has dropped to single digits"

    HEY! I'm 20% of all Netscape users! w00t!
    -B

    1. Re:Market share? by G-funk · · Score: 2, Funny

      However, all the good stuff is in /usr/nsfw/jpeg/

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  3. The next quote from the book of Mozilla by Malfourmed · · Score: 5, Funny

    And lo, the child did become father to the man, and the student the master.

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    1. Re:The next quote from the book of Mozilla by Dausha · · Score: 5, Funny

      "We meet again at last. When I left you I was a crappy browser. Now, I shall become the Firefox." Darth Netscape said.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  5. That's great. More browsers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I am happy that firefox is getting so much attention. I'd bet that AOL is happy about the 10 million dollar "seed" money they put into the Mozilla project when they split it off into a non-profit.

    Maybe they will donate more now?

    I also bet their happy about Redhat buying their other netscape projects and openning the up to source code...

    If AOL does a good job, it could be another big geek freind and maybe in a few years they'll turn around and won't have it's users the target of so many jokes.

    Na...

  6. Up from the Ashes by syntap · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they should call it Netscape Phoenix or Netscape Firebird (ducks)

  7. Netscape, eh? by PeteDotNu · · Score: 1, Funny

    Basically, it's just Firefox but with support for the blink tag.

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  9. Re:this is BAD in my opinion by hussar · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...promote both project by naming it Netscpae [sic] Firefox.

    Or, how about "Fire (E)scape"?

    (Doesn't really matter what they name it first, though. If history is any guide, they will probably change the name several times.)

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  10. Re:WHY? by quarrel · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. and the Netscape dudes had a knack for milking the cash out of AOL.

    $4.2 Billion can't be wrong ;)

  11. Re:Netscape backed by firefox?? by Kick+the+Donkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    A little history leason is in order:

    Netscape, the company, begot Mozilla, the Browser.
    Mozilla, the browser begot Netscape, the Browser.
    Mozilla, the browser, begot Firefox, the Browser.
    Firefox, the browser, begot Netscape the Browser.

    Man, that's one screwed up family tree :>

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  12. New prophecy? by Jugalator · · Score: 1, Funny

    "And the beast had returned, appearing as the already reborn great bird, this time throwing a million ads at the unbelievers. For now was the time of redundancy, now was the time of advertising. The followers of Mammon trembled in fear as they gazed upon this horrible clone and its machine of marketing that followed, leaving a trail of discs in its wake."

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  13. Great! Maybe then.. by poptones · · Score: 4, Funny

    Slashdot will fix the fucking site so all us firefox/mozilla users won't have to reload every other goddamned page.