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Why are Netscape newsgroups still on news.mozilla.org?

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Ant

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Nov 10, 2012, 11:17:27 AM11/10/12
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Netscape don't even have newest/latest web browsers any more. :(

Thank you in advance. :)
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J.O. Aho

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Nov 11, 2012, 2:59:52 AM11/11/12
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On 10/11/12 17:17, Ant wrote:
> Netscape don't even have newest/latest web browsers any more. :(

It's a legacy name and the root from where all the mozilla browsers,
mail readers comes from.


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Ant

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Nov 11, 2012, 5:02:03 AM11/11/12
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On 11/10/2012 11:59 PM PT, J.O. Aho typed:
Shouldn't they be removed like the other newsgroups?
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J.O. Aho

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Nov 11, 2012, 7:12:05 AM11/11/12
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On 11/11/12 11:02, Ant wrote:
> On 11/10/2012 11:59 PM PT, J.O. Aho typed:
>
>> On 10/11/12 17:17, Ant wrote:
>>> Netscape don't even have newest/latest web browsers any more. :(
>>
>> It's a legacy name and the root from where all the mozilla browsers,
>> mail readers comes from.
>
> Shouldn't they be removed like the other newsgroups?

Don't think so, you will still be able to read the old posts.

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