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eWeek: Mozilla Thrives in Comeback

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 27, 2004

“When the Mozilla Foundation recently announced its one-year
anniversary, I thought, ‘Wait a minute! Hasn’t Mozilla been around
for many years?’ I then realized that the anniversary referred not
to the Mozilla browser but to when the browser was freed from its
corporate entanglements with Netscape/AOL and the Mozilla
Foundation itself was formed as an independent entity. As companies
from Sun to even Microsoft think about open-sourcing some of their
products, they would do well to remember Mozilla’s history and
learn from its successes and mistakes.

“Recent weeks have seen some major advancements for the Mozilla
browser, as the latest security hole in Microsoft’s aging Internet
Explorer became the straw that broke the camel’s back for many
users…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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