UPDATED: CNET News.com: AOL, Mozilla lose key evangelist | Linux Today

UPDATED: CNET News.com: AOL, Mozilla lose key evangelist

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 2, 1999

“… Jamie Zawinski handed in his resignation today…”

“Zawinski was not immediately available to comment… he is
expected to post something on the matter tonight to his personal
Web site.”

“AOL confirmed Zawinksi’s resignation.”

“We’re very sorry to see him go,” said Chris Saito, director of
client product marketing for AOL’s Netscape division.”

Complete
story
.

Here is Jawinski’s statement on his Web site:

“My day job was mozilla.org, but on April 1, 1999, I resigned
from both mozilla.org and from (what is now known as) the Netscape
division of America Online. If you have something to say about
Mozilla, Netscape, or anything even tangentially related to them,
feel free to mail it to jwz@mozilla.org or jwz@netscape.com,
because I no longer read mail at those addresses.”

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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