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Netscape Finally Put Down
Stony Stevenson writes to point out that Netscape has finally reached end of line with the release of version 9.0.0.6. A pop-up will offer users the choice of switching to Firefox, Flock, or remaining with the dead browser, but no new updates will be released. "Nearly 14 years after the once mighty browser made its first desktop appearance as Mosaic Netscape 0.9, its disappearance comes as little surprise. Although Netscape accounted for more than 80 per cent of the browser market in 1995, the arrival of Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the same year brought stiff competition and surpassed Netscape within three years."
forcing it down the throats of all who ask me for free (as-in-I-get-free-beer) Windows support
Insightful???? Take notes slashdotters. This is why IT expertise is undervalued. This is why we get called nerds and are used for our knowledge then discarded as social misfits when a social occasion comes about. Though he's talking about windows his attitude is why Linux never seems to take off on the desktop.
This should be modded -1.
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step7: mechanical debridement of cranial feces
There are no karma whores, only moderation johns
How the fuck is that a troll? What idiot modderated that?
Ah let me guess - the time honoured slashdot practice of getting a mate to mod down someone who rebutts your insults.
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