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Netscape Founder Backs New Browser

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-web-development-harder dept.

wirelessjb writes to share that after a resounding defeat at the hands of Microsoft in the first major browser war of the mid 1990s, Marc Andreessen is looking to have another go at the market by backing a new startup called "RockMelt." "Mr. Andreessen suggested the new browser would be different, saying that most other browsers had not kept pace with the evolution of the Web, which had grown from an array of static Web pages into a network of complex Web sites and applications. 'There are all kinds of things that you would do differently if you are building a browser from scratch,' Mr. Andreessen said. RockMelt was co-founded by Eric Vishria and Tim Howes, both former executives at Opsware, a company that Mr. Andreessen co-founded and then sold to Hewlett-Packard in 2007 for about $1.6 billion. Mr. Howes also worked at Netscape with Mr. Andreessen."

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  1. You hear that Mr. Andreessen? by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Mr. Andreessen...

    Marc: My name... is RockMelt!

  2. Its going to be off the hook! by doroshjt · · Score: 4, Funny

    It'll have built in twitter and facebook access. Totally social networkitized

    1. Re:Its going to be off the hook! by doroshjt · · Score: 4, Funny

      You just don't get it, you'll be able to update and SEE your twitter feed and facebook page from your browser! No other browser lets you see facebook and twitter, its going to blow YOUR MIND!

  3. Blink by jointm1k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me Mr. Andreessen, what good is a new browser, if you are unable to . . . ?

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    You know it makes sense, a little reminder from jointm1k.
  4. it better support Linux by FudRucker · · Score: 4, Funny

    or I am going to kick your ass!

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    Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
  5. Re:Tim Howes by NNKK · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, now I know which browser to avoid. Thanks for the warning!

  6. Re:Chrome 2 by maxume · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how bout you drop some of that wisdom on us Merlin, instead of just fucking telling us we are stupid.

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    Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
  7. Re:Chrome 0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Red wouldn't fade into the background if you could see it. Red is such a frightening color because it's the color of blood, so every time you see it, it looks like something's bleeding a little. It's horrifying really. Be glad you can't see it.