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>
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>To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: Re: IP: AOL and Microsoft, strange bedfellows
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>
>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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