The [Duke] Chronicle: Mozilla: The Next Internet Explorer? | Linux Today

The [Duke] Chronicle: Mozilla: The Next Internet Explorer?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 9, 2004

“At the Office of Information Technology computing cluster in
Perkins Library, junior Alexandra Oliveira was among the many
students browsing the Internet. Unlike the majority of students,
she was not seeing any pop-up advertisements because she was using
Mozilla Firefox, a free alternative browser to Microsoft Internet
Explorer.

“Oliveira will no longer have to use a preview release version
of Firefox after Nov. 9, when the Mozilla “open source project”
releases Firefox version 1.0, marking a milestone in the
development of this Internet browser


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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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