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|    Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo to Leonidas Jones    |
|    Re: Netscape is finally dead    |
|    29 Dec 07 14:36:24    |
      From: peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo@gmail.com              Leonidas Jones wrote:       > Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:       >> elaich wrote:       >>> Seamonkey (the offshoot of the Mozilla suite, which was the offshoot       >>> of the old Netscape suite) would be better, if only because of the       >>> hundreds of security holes that have been plugged since the version       >>> you are using. If you're not using it for Web browsing, that's       >>> probably not a concern.       >> you've got that wrong.       >>       >> Mozilla Suite was around for a long time. Whatever coding was developed       >> in the Suite, it was then used and put into the Official Releases of       >> Netscape. Netscape 7.2 was basically Mozilla Suite 1.7.2.       >>       >> SeaMonkey was also the code name for the developemental of Netscape.       >>       >       > Actually, Mozilla was the code name for the Netscape suite, from pre       > NS6/7 days. When Netscape started funding the Open Source Mozilla       > organization, they called the product, which was considered only for       > testing, Mozilla, and developed the code name SeaMonkey for the project.       >       > WHen Netscape dropped development after the release of 7.1, Mozilla (the       > suite) became an end user product, and retained the old Netscape codename.       >       > When Mozilla stopped development of the suite, and it was picked up by       > an independent council, they chose to go with SeaMonkey as the product       > name, and became the SeaMonkey Council. Thus the SeaMonkey Suite as we       > know it today.       >       > Lee       >              you're right. My mistake.              --       *IMPORTANT*: Sorry folks, but I cannot provide email help!!!!              Warning: Private emails sent to me may become public              Peter Potamus & His Magic Flying Balloon:       http://www.toonopedia.com/potamus.htm              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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