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IE is dead
Netscape is going to release Communicator 5 under the GPL!
>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications
>Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP - news) today announced bold plans to make the
>source code for the next generation of its highly popular Netscape
>Communicator client software available for free licensing on the
>Internet. The company plans to post the source code beginning with the
>first Netscape Communicator 5.0 developer release, expected by the end
>of the first quarter of 1998. This aggressive move will enable Netscape
>to harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the
>Internet by incorporating their best enhancements into future versions
>of Netscape's software. This strategy is designed to accelerate
>development and free distribution by Netscape of future high-quality
>versions of Netscape Communicator to business customers and individuals,
>further seeding the market for Netscape's enterprise solutions and
>Netcenter business.
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