Online Petition for Netscape-branded Mozilla releases....

http://www.petitiononline.com/saveNS/petition-sign.html?

"Mozilla is Netscape is Mozilla!"

Let's pressure AOL a bit so they release Netscape-branded builds
of the Mozilla.org stable binaries. Even if just changing the
logo and patching in the AIM/ICQ client (XUL and JS glue).

The recent news that AOL has been toying with the idea of
releasing some IE-launcher under the Netscape brand name SHOWS
that they DO realize there is some market value to the "Netscape"
brand and its "mind share".

Plus, since Mozilla.org and Gecko engine development is going to
be funded by and done outside of AOL, AOL has nothing to lose,
financially, just put a small team of 4-5 guys to "brand" every
Mozilla release.

This could also be the official browser used by the low-cost ISP
service "Netscape Online"....

After all it's in AOL's best interest to keep those hits to the
netscape.com portal coming, and most of them these days still
come from Netscape Browser users....

Food for thought. You might think it's pointless, that it won't
work... but stranger things have happened. Please sign it and
pass the link around.

 

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http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm
"...E-petitions are the latest manifestation of slacktivism, the search
for the ultimate feel-good that derives from having come to society's
rescue without having had to actually gets one's hands dirty or open
one's wallet. ..."

 

ummmmmmm, Gary Davis may disagree. A petition cost him his job.
Any petition can be a powerful voice.

 

Gray...
That wasn't an e-petition. Those were verifiable signatures gathered by
real people.

 

Jim Prather Spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and

Wasn't that Gray Davis?

Anywho, name being irrelevent...those petitions were created, and
people went door-to-door. What you're doing isn't even close...

NOI

 

Doesn't matter....... still makes a strong statement. And,
e-petition names can be verified (voter registration) same as
paper. Why go door to door if you can do it on the net. Get with
the times man. Besides, the petition helps to cut Bill Gates
dominance of browsers.

 

None of the people involved have to be doing what they are, and
Netscape did us all a favor by turning loose Moz.

Let's not screw with a good thing.

 

Cisco Spilled my beer when they jumped on the table and proclaimed in

How does recombining Netscape and Mozilla help fight Gates & Co?
Mozilla is beginning to make a name for itself. Why screw up a good
thing?

And as far as petitions go, do you realize how hard it is to confirm
all the John Smiths that might sign an e-petition without knowing
their district? Or, less common names too, for that matter...

NOI

 

give it a chance, it's evolving. How hard it is to find a person
on the door to door list? Knock knock, did you sign this.....yes
I did. e-petition, did you sign this.....yes I did.

 

Why not just use Mozilla? With your plan, you'd still be using it
anyway. Or you could probably just whip up your own "skin" for it to
look how you like.