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Mac Central: Netscape/Mac OS employees speak on Mozilla ‘failure’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 6, 1999

“Steve Dagley, a member of the technical staff at Netscape,
dismisses the media hoopla concerning the recent departure of
Netscape workers…”

“Not to diminish Jamie Zawinski’s and John Giannandrea’s past
contributions but their impact on the Mozilla code base is nowhere
near as significant as the news media implies.”

“Has Mozilla failed? Depends on who you ask. For those of us
still here working hard to bring out a new browser the answer is
no.”

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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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