Netscape formal death Encourage users to migrate Firefox
Time make it inevitable that in every profession, the previous wave died on the sandy beach. Netscape Wang of browser once unable to escape dying after struggling for several years painfully.
AOL Company announced formally, would stop the development of Netscape browser software a few days ago. AOL Tom Drapeau, manager of brand, Netscape of Company, say among the blogs: " Have already succeeded in developing the successful substitute on the basis of AOL present commercial center and Mozilla. We think it is time that finish Netscape development of browser now, we have already handed over NS staff of authority to Mozilla smoothly, we encourage Portable Media Player Netscape users to use Firefox. "
Drapeau shows, AOL will stop upgrading safely on February 1, 2008, no longer offers any technical support at the same time, he urges NS users to migrate Firxfox browser as soon as possible.
Netscape come out on 1994, until 1995 occupy 80% king of browser, flushed with success for a period of time to two, can be rated as the king of the browser. But after MS put out IE and after trussing up IE in the system, NS ring of light no longer, though American Ministry of Justice put forward the antitrust lawsuit to Microsoft on times of thing once, but end up in vain. Netscape market is nearly nibbled by IE idly to the limit subsequently, Netscape that the 1st generation of browser is suffering defeat is being purchased by AOL finally, it is strongly fragrant all one's life to be strongly fragrant. The newest market statistics reveals M, IE has occupied 77.4% of the markets, Firefox share is 16%, and NS only pitiful 0.60%.
Though NS ends up with failing finally, you are unable to obliterate its enormous contribution to Internet development, quite annual, have how much people to go to sea, navigate through NS, the boundless universe to know the outside.
RIP, Netscape, we have Firefox to inherit your unfulfilled wish yet.
