Netscape; goodbye old friend
Written on 28th December 2007
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Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur
Once upon a time I decided to check out this thing called the World Wide Web. I bought a modem, signed up with a local Internet Service Provider and borrowed a disk from a friend with software to ‘browse’ the Web. That piece of software was called Netscape.
Since then a lot has happened. On February 1, 2008 AOL will stop supporting Netscape. It is the end of an era and I think everybody who got online before 1999 feels kind of sad (and old?) when they hear about it.
As a small tribute to an old friend I am proudly displaying this button, one last time:
Obviously this is big news so expect a lot of articles about it on- and offline in the following weeks. Here is a small selection:
Official Netscape Blog: End of Support for Netscape web browsers
http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
BBC News: Web icon set to be discontinued
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7163547.stm
Techcrunch: A Sad Milestone: AOL To Discontinue Netscape Browser Development
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/a-sad-milestone-aol-to-discontinue-netscape-browser-development/
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By Roy Tomeij on Dec 31, 2007
It makes me feel sad and old indeed. Sad, since Netscape once ruled the world and was the only proper browser out there. Old, since I have been online since 1996. Coming to think of it, I’ll be celebrating my (first?) 12.5 years online in 2008. Maybe I should invite Netscape?
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By Burger's King on Mar 29, 2008
Oh! Great job!
Very interesting and useful post.
I add your interesting blog in my iGoogle page!
We’ll expect many new interesting posts from you ;)
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