Letter: On Netscape's Demise

January 14, 2008 (Computerworld) -- The Netscape browser has been only a shadow of its former self ever since AOL bought it out, and it has been almost completely irrelevant for at least five years [“Microsoft: Now-Dead Netscape Shows Antitrust Decree Worked,” Computerworld.com, Jan. 2]. The real successor of Netscape is the Mozilla Foundation, which Netscape established. Besides, the death of the competitor whose mistreatment prompted the original Microsoft anti­trust case is hardly a logical argument for dismissal.

John L. Ries
Cedar City, Utah

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