Mozilla Is Back!

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by Derrick Story
Network Newsletter for 10/29/2002

Dear Reader,

Back in mid 2000, I was quite excited by the Mozilla project, especially after I realized Moz was much more than a browser--it was an application-development platform. As a result, we built the Mozilla DevCenter and began publishing articles.

There was one small problem, though. Mozilla is not like beer: quick to ferment and ready to consume. Actually, it's more like a fine wine, and a red one at that. We were ready for Moz, but it wasn't ready for us.

The thing is, even though Mozilla is more than a browser, there's no denying that the browser is the storefront for the project. And as long as the releases were of the decimal-point variety, folks were hesitant to take it seriously (except for the hardworking programmers who spent countless hours developing it). So by mid 2001, Mozilla began to fade from our publishing radar screen.

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But now, I'm happy to report that the big guy is back, and better than ever. Mozilla has conquered the 1.0 release, the platform is growing in many directions at once, and there's a sense of excitement around the project.

We've responded by sprucing up the Mozilla DevCenter, and we're definitely open for business. We have new articles, a mozdev news feed, and a brand new book, "Creating Applications with Mozilla."

If you've lost touch with the project, now's a great time to see how much things have changed while you were gone. I hope you have time to stop by and take a look.

Until next week,

Derrick

Derrick Story
O'Reilly Network Managing Editor
derrick@oreilly.com

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