IP: Re: AOL and Microsoft, strange bedfellows

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 17:37:25 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Joe Crawford <joe () artlung com>
> X-Sender:  <artlung () dyyme pair com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: Re: IP: AOL and Microsoft, strange bedfellows
> Organization: http://www.artlung.com/
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2001, David Farber wrote:
> > > From: Roman Gollent <roman () gollent com>
> > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/578362.asp?cp1=1
> > >
> > > ...
> > > AOL was widely expected not to renew the deal, particularly
> > > given its acquisition of a competing browser through its
> > > purchase of Netscape Communications in 1999. Microsoft and
> > > AOL have also repeatedly clashed in their rivalry over
> > > instant messaging.
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Does this mean Mozilla is dead?
>
> No. As I understand it this just means that the version of AOL 6.0 client
> sofware that will ship in WinXP will not have mozilla as the heart of the
> browser component.
>
> There was some discussion/rumor about a plan to include mozilla, or rather
> the rendering engine part of mozilla, in the next version of the AOL
> client, but that may be for AOL 7.
>
> Relevant URLS:
> http://www.betanews.com/article.php3?sid=990800726
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5729530.html
> http://mozilla.org/newlayout/gecko.html <- about the rendering engine
>
>         - Joe
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