On Friday 28 Dec 2007, Tim wrote:
> AOL pull the Netscape plug
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7163547.stm
>
Indeed the King is Dead, Long Live the King...
Actually I've not seen anyone use Netscape in years, I didn't know AOL even
bothered with it anymore. When you look back at Netscape it didn't really
have an illustrious history.
1) Netscape browsers have a history of being buggy and nonstandard compliant.
2) Netscape was expensive for companies to use.
3) Netscape did run on multiple platforms.
4) Netscape wasn't Microsoft,
5) But they did wake the sleeping dragon and got slaughtered for it.
6) They sold out to AOL for far more than they were worth (good for them).
7) Mozilla did rise from their ashes.
When you look back the noticeable thing is that they weren't Microsoft and
their stuff worked on Unix. Without them the Internet wouldn't be as it is
today, but that's probably not because of their browser more because they
provoked Microsoft into action.
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte
