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   Message 20,151 of 21,759   
   Alan K. to Francis Strelok   
   Re: 30 Years Of Netscape   
   05 Nov 24 11:47:43   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 11/5/24 11:37 AM, Francis Strelok wrote:   
   > Newyana2  wrote:   
   >> 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%2   
   Rush%20%282000%29-Decombed.mp4   
   >>   
   >   
   > Oooh, thank you for linking that!   
   >   
   Here is youtube of it.   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q7FTjhvZ7Y   
   I think, at least the first 20 seconds is identical   
      
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