Netscape; goodbye old friend
Written on December 28, 2007 – 11:04 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,
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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/
Andreessen: browser is here to stay for another 20 years Arrington and Sethi throwing mud Scoble about social media: “The first experience is a crappy experience” Time Machiner: I will never forget a birthday anymore Google Maps-based Mezzoman prevents family fights
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2 Responses to “Netscape; goodbye old friend”
By Roy Tomeij on Dec 31, 2007 | Reply
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?
By Burger's King on Mar 29, 2008 | Reply
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 ;)