“When Netscape decided to open source its source to its popular
browser software, public reaction was mixed. Microsoft saw it as a
“last chance effort before we win” plot, while the community
embraced Mozilla and waited to see what would happen next.”
“The rest of the world once again heard about Mozilla a few
years later when Netscape released Netscape 6, a commercialized
version of Milestone 18. For the rest of us open source types,
let’s take a look at where Mozilla is now, and how it compares to
Netscape 4.76.”
“Milestone builds are if you want a stable Mozilla. You don’t
have to worry about it doing anything too horrible to your system.
These are the ones you’d install on your parents’ machine, just so
a segfault doesn’t give them a coronary.”
“Nightly Builds, a more “bleeding edge” flavor of Mozilla, is a
more masochistic way to approach your experiences with Mozilla. I
got it installed just right on my first try, and the instructions
on Mozilla.org are very straight foward.”