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   Newyana2 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: 30 Years Of Netscape   
   05 Nov 24 10:43:12   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: newyana@invalid.nospam   
      
   On 11/4/2024 2:35 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > One important thing Netscape did before going completely defunct was   
   > to open-source the browser. That lives on today (after a fashion) as   
   > the SeaMonkey browser, but a trimmed-down adaptation of the code,   
   > jettisoning all the non-browser-related functionality, found new life   
   > as Firefox.   
      
      For anyone who's interested, there's a good documentary about   
   the final days of Netscape. It's called Code Rush, available at both   
   youtube and archive.org.   
      
   This link should work to download it:   
      
   https://ia801809.us.archive.org/6/items/code-rush-2000/Code%20Ru   
   h%20%282000%29-Decombed.mp4   
      
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