[TheForge] stopping pop windows

Wed Oct 16 14:52:00 2002

Thanks for elaborating.  You went into the detail I should have.

Burch wrote:
> Actually, it's a bit more complex than that.  The short version:
> 
> " Mozilla.org is the developer community for Mozilla developers, many of 
> whom work for
> Netscape. (Ah, here's where some folks get confused ... and rightly so.) 
> Netscape, in this
> instance, is the corporate entity behind the Mozilla project, providing 
> overall direction,
> funding, and a sense of purpose and control. At the same time, Netscape 
> uses mozilla.org and  the developer community around it to leverage 
> their development of Netscape 6, which is a commercial web browser built 
> on top of the Mozilla codebase.
> 
> Netscape 6 can be thought of as a branded version of Mozilla with some 
> extra functionality and software components thrown in. For instance, 
> Netscape is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL, so AOL has funded the 
> development of a Mozilla-based AOL Instant Messenger client, which is 
> included in the default installation of Netscape 6. This is an example 
> of software that isn't available in the default Mozilla installation, 
> and serves as an important distinction between the two."
> 
> For a far longer explanation, from which the preceding was lifted, go to:
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2000/08/18/magazine/moz_aint_netscape.html 
> 
> 
> Terry

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