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Mozilla History: 20+ Years And Counting
An overview a decades-old project
Robert Kaiser - KaiRo
Origin of the Name "Mozilla"
- 1993: Marc Andreessen, co-writer of
NCSA
Mosaic,
co-founds company for commercial web browser
- "Mosaic killer" app, reminding of "Godzilla" --> code-name "Mozilla"
- Used as internal name, user agent "Mozilla/..."
- Green dino mascot (© Dave Titus)
- Public/commercial name Netscape later in 1994
Mozilla Project Launch
- Jan 1998: Netscape announces open-sourcing of code
- Using Mozilla project name, mozilla.org
- Red dino mascot (by Shepard Fairy)
- tag line "hack - this technology could fall into the right hands"
- Target: Internet Application Suite code as base for Netscape 5+
- Open-source code launch on March 31, 1998
- Code Rush documentary
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