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I guess heaven needed a web browser

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BYH, Dec 28, 2007.

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  1. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    AOL will pull the plug on Netscape in February.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_hi_te/netscape_rip

    RIP. My first intradoohickey memory is surfing ESPN Sports Zone and fan sites for my favorite football team on Netscape in the school newspaper office.
     
    BYH, Dec 28, 2007
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The Big Ragu, Dec 28, 2007
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  3. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Very sad. RIP
     
    Boom_70, Dec 28, 2007
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  4. ServeItUp

    ServeItUp Active Member

    Netscape was the browser of choice at my alma mater as well. First Internet experience outside of email was reading game story from San Fran-San Diego Super Bowl on said InterTubes.
     
    ServeItUp, Dec 28, 2007
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  5. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    Blech! If Heaven needed a Web browser and this was God's choice, He clearly is not tech savvy.
     
    Big Buckin' agate_monkey, Dec 28, 2007
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  6. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Good career move. :)
     
    Football_Bat, Dec 28, 2007
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  7. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    Who's to say that Netscape is going to Heaven. I've told it to go elsewhere on more than one occasion.
     
    expendable, Dec 28, 2007
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  8. pressmurphy

    pressmurphy Member

    The original Netscape business model was to give a limited but still very functional version of the browser away to users for free and then try to entice users to pay for it later through licenses for the full version.

    That qualifies them as only slightly less stupid than newspapers, which have been giving their core product away online for free with no plausible plan for extracting money from users.
     
    pressmurphy, Dec 28, 2007
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  9. BYH

    BYH Active Member

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    BYH, Dec 28, 2007
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  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Where's Boom? We need an official SportsJournalists.com statement of condolence.
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 28, 2007
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  11. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Still trying to find the right words for our Bhutto condolence statement. Will get to Netscape once Bhutto is in the can.
     
    Boom_70, Dec 28, 2007
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  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Wow, that's right. Bhutto and Netscape. What will the third be?
     
    dooley_womack1, Dec 28, 2007
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