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From: The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 30 Years Of Netscape
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 18:19:33 -0800
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On 11/4/24 1:45 PM, sticks wrote:
> On 11/4/2024 2:10 PM, knuttle wrote:
>> On 11/04/2024 2:35 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> =C2=A0 but a trimmed-down adaptation of the c
>> I remember I started using Netscape when I have a acoustical modem wit=
h=20
>> Very limited capacity.=C2=A0=C2=A0 The one particular update, I rememb=
er I went to=20
>> my son-in-laws house and down loaded it through his ISP which came int=
o=20
>> his house for his LAN. His system which was many times fasted the my m=
odem.
>>=20
>> I have stayed with Netscape and then Firefox/Thunderbird and I believe=
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>> it is the best program out there for browsing the internet, handling=20
>> your email, and browsing the newsgroups.=C2=A0 I was pleased when they=
 added=20
>> the Scheduling/Calendar to Thunderbird.=C2=A0 We use it exclusively to=
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>> maintain our home schedule to avoid conflicts.=C2=A0 I believe the=20
>> Thunderbird Scheduling/Calendar is under appreciated.
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> One of the things I really like about Firefox is the "Firefox Account".=

> The ability to get it all set up on a different computer by just syncin=
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> into the account has made life easy many times.  With the old people I
> have to maintain systems on, I set them all up on one.

Heh.  I am one of those old people and I started using Netscape .9 for=20
linux.  I even used Mosaic a few times!

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Cheers, Bev
  "History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
   maintaining a free civil government."
        -- letter from Thomas Jefferson to Baron vonHumboldt, 1813