From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:   
   > Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:   
   >> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:   
   >>> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:   
   >>>> Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Netscape/AOL HAS STOPPED updating Netscape Communicator, AND   
   >>>>> Netscape 7 AND Netscape 8 - in fact they stopped several years ago   
   >>>>> (except for Netscape 8 which went on until earlier this year).   
   >>>> you forgot about Netscape 9   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Netscape 9 never reached a release version   
   >> sure it did.  It reached 9.0.0.6.  It was Messenger that didn't reach   
   >> release version.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > The 'official' release of Navigator 9x was suppossed to be 01 Febuary   
   > 2008, it was delayed until 01 March 2008   
   >   
   > On that date, AOL officially announced the END of support for all   
   > Netscape browsers   
   >   
   > There was never any 'official' release version simply because the   
   > product was never officially launched.   
   >   
   > All versions of Netscape 9,  9.0, 9.0.0.1 through 9.0.0.5  were   
   > offically beta releases. 9.0.0.6 which was scheduled to be the 'release'   
   > version was never officially released until after AOL declared the   
   > product to be dead.   
   >   
   > Messenger never reached beta stage (an alpha release was made)   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > If you have a copy of the product (N9 2.0.0.6) you may wish to check out   
   > the About Navigator and press      sixth name down   
      
   Dan, I am sorry to have to correct you, but Netscape 9.0 was, in fact an   
   official release, not a beta. We went through alpha testing in house,   
   then a public beta.  9.0 was a release, and updated through 9.0.0.6,   
   when the plug was pulled.   
      
   Lee   
      
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