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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. Screwed up family tree? by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    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 :>

    Screwed up family tree? You haven't read "--All You Zombies--" by Robert A. Heinlein, have you? Now, that is one screwed up family tree. (You can find the full text on Google or buy The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein.)

    --
    Sincerely,
    Pan Tarhei Hosé, PhD.
    "Homo sum et cogito ergo odi profanum vulgus et libido."