Mozilla

Whitley GS11 Cecil H WhitleyCH at cherrypoint.usmc.mil
Fri Jun 14 15:07:57 EDT 2002


Hi,
After Netscape was purchased by AOL they decided to release the source code
as an open source project.  That project was named mozilla.  Since then
developers from around the world have been improving that original product.
Recently Mozilla 1.0 was released.  AOL is using the work done on mozilla in
it's own Netscape product.  If I remember correctly, the only thing that AOL
retained was the rights to the Netscape name.

Mozilla is therefore basically Netscape in an open source format which has
been ported to many different platforms.  Bottom line, it's a GUI based web
browser.  They have built-in both MSAA and DOM for windows and they are
building in Gnome accessability for Linux.  If they remain on schedule it
will be available in early November.

Cecil




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