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They decided to skip the number 5, when they decided to totally scrap the
code of Communicator v5 (which was due ... over a year ago), and instead
totally rewrite everything from scratch (the new "Gecko" engine).
This new engine is supposed to be the core of AOL's new AOL Everywhere plan.
Scary thought, huh? :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Michelle Weber
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 10:02 PM
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: RE: [PLUG] Netscape 6?
>
>
> It says Preview Release 1, it's just a Mozilla beta.
> I'm guessing they're skipping to 6 to jump ahead in version
> numbers of the
> current IE 5.5 beta.
> Just like the solaris 2.6->7 jump
>
> --
> Michelle Weber
> umweber@mcs.drexel.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Barry Spindler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 9:44 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: [PLUG] Netscape 6?
>
>
> I just noticed a link in Yahoo! news that says Netscape 6 was
> released..
> Uhh.. so what ever happened to 5?
> Anyone interested, here's a link to Netscape's news release (which I
> havn't read yet, so mayb it says in there)
> http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease804.html?cp=hom04n1
>
> --Barry
>
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> -- Turkish proverb
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