Mozilla: Success or failure?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 8, 1999

“For those of you who do not know what Mozilla is, it is the
“Open Source” project based on the source code of Netscape’s web
browser, Navigator….”

“With all the hoopla surrounding one full year of open source
work at the Mozilla organization, I decided to download a recent
version of the new browser, and see for myself what improvements
had been made by the open source move…”

“And then I waited, and waited, and waited. Soon, it became
apparent that the browser had crashed…”

Complete
story
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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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