Hector,

I never used mozilla product before but after I tried it I never going to
use IE or outlook again.
let microsoft deal with OS only. they have many OS but none of them
are good.


Andre







Hector Martin wrote:

>KY1K wrote:
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>>Tell me about Firefox browser if you would.
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>When Netscape was about dying, it donated its code and created the
>Mozilla foundation, responsible for the Mozilla browser. It is
>basically the old netscape code, but now open source. Firefox is a
>stripped-down mozilla, with only the browser part, to make it lightweight.
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>Currently Netscape basically gets Mozilla's code and repackages it
>with all the Netscape logos etc. I've never used netscape itself, only
>Mozilla, but both are very similar of course.
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>In any case, Firefox currently has the biggest browser share after
>M$IE. You'll like it (many *many* people have!). I use the full
>Mozilla suite because I also use the mail part and occasionally
>Composer, but many people install Firefox and Thunderbird (only
>Browser and Mail parts respectively). They all share the same
>rendering engine (Gecko), but the UIs differ slightly.
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>Oh, Firefox was the old Firebird which was the old Phoenix. It's
>changed name a couple times now.
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