End of Support for Netscape web browsers
AOL's focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL's current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox.
Q: What will this mean?
http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/
A: We'll continue to release security patches for the current version of the browser, Netscape Navigator until February 1, 2008. After February 1, there will be no more active product support for Navigator 9, or any previous Netscape Navigator browser. This includes Netscape v1-v4.x, Netscape v6, Netscape v7 Suite, Netscape Browser v8, and Netscape Navigator/Messenger 9.
このニュースを聞くと、今でもNCSA MosaicやNetscape Navigator v0.9で日本語をどうやって表示させるか!?なんてやっていた頃のことを思い出します。
