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  Mosaic (web browser) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mosaic is considered by scholars to be the first important World Wide Web browser and Gopher client, and was the first browser which ran on Windows (rather than UNIX), which opened the web up to the general public [1].
Marc Andreessen, the leader of the team that developed Mosaic, left NCSA and, with Jim Clark, one of the founders of Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), and four other former students and staff of the University of Illinois, started Mosaic Communications Corporation.
Mosaic's popularity as a separate browser began to lessen upon the release of Andreessen's Netscape Navigator in 1994.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser)   (1146 words)

  
 Netscape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first beta release versions of the browser were released in 1994 and known as Mosaic and then Mosaic Netscape until a legal challenge from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (makers of NCSA Mosaic), which many of Netscape's founders used to develop, led to the name change to Netscape Navigator.
In January 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation announced that all future versions of their software would be free of charge and developed by an Open Source Community (Mozilla).
However, the aging Communicator code proved difficult to work with and the decision was taken to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Netscape_Communications_Corporation   (3420 words)

  
 2.10: The (Second Phase of the) Revolution Has Begun
The exception is Jim Clark's Mosaic Communications, which, rather than license the source code, simply hired a half dozen programmers away from the NCSA in order to reengineer a Mosaic-like browser of its own.
What the Mosaic vendors have going for them, aside from the sheer appeal of their browser, are the established technical and philosophical tendencies of the network world.
Mosaic Communications has figured this out, which may be why Andreessen no longer shares much information with his colleagues outside the company.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/2.10/mosaic_pr.html   (5449 words)

  
 Brief introduction to hypertext - Mosaic browser
Mosaic's introduction of inline images (the "img" tag) is widely considered to be a critical step in the evolution of the World Wide Web.
As part of an agreement with the University of Illinois, which owns a trademark on the name "Mosaic", the company was later that year renamed to Netscape Communications Corporation, perhaps you have heard about them.
Development and innovations with NCSA mosaic continued, and NCSA continued actively participating in the development of various web-related standards such as HTML and HTTP through the end of 1996.
www.geocities.com /tonychilvers/hypold/mosaic.html   (266 words)

  
 Netscape Communications News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Netscape Communications' founding team includes Marc Andreessen, who created the NCSA Mosaic(TM) research prototype as an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois, and five other former students and staff of the university who were instrumental in NCSA Mosaic's design and development.
Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct commerce over the Internet and other global networks.
NCSA Mosaic is a trademark of the University of Illinois.
www.holgermetzger.de /netscape/NetscapeCommunicationsNewsRelease.htm   (482 words)

  
 Mosaic boys
Because Mosaic was spawned at Illinois, it is only logical that Illinois graduates are represented in some of the dozen or so companies that are clamoring to develop it commercially.
Mosaic was originally written in the context of a supercomputing environment, with little consideration paid to bandwidth constraints.
Mosaic and its developers have hit the big time--their names sprinkled throughout the media as their stories have been covered by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, Newsweek, Time, Wired, and a host of other computer magazines.
www.meehawl.com /Mine/WilliamGibson/Source/mozilla.html   (3167 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Mosaic web browser
Mosaic is a web browser (client) for the World Wide Web by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
NCSA Mosaic was originally designed and programmed for the X Window System by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina at NCSA.
Mosaic's popularity began to dry up upon the release of Netscape Navigator, and by 1998 its userbase had almost completely evaporated.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Mosaic_web_browser   (320 words)

  
 Marc Andreesen
Mosaic also sported a graphical interface with clickable buttons that let users navigate easily and controls that let users scroll through text with ease.
The article concluded that Mosaic was perhaps "an application program so different and so obviously useful that it can create a new industry from scratch" (Reid, 17).
Mosaic changed their name to Netscape Communications Corporation., but refused to quit distributing their software.
www.ibiblio.org /pioneers/andreesen.html   (1446 words)

  
 Computers: 1994   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
"Mosaic Communications' new Netscape provides cruise control for the information superhighway," said Tim Weil, senior systems engineer at British Telecom and an early user of Netscape.
The resources that Mosaic Communications provides for its novice users in Netscape, such as the Internet directories, rival any other site on the net for their quality and depth.
Mosaic Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct commerce over the Internet and other global networks.
www.krsaborio.net /research/1990s/94/1013.htm   (709 words)

  
 [No title]
Mosaic Communications Corporation is a making a public version of Mosaic Netscape 0.9 Beta available for anonymous FTP.
Mosaic Netscape is a built-from-scratch Internet navigator featuring performance optimized for 14.4 modems, native JPEG support, and more.
A commercial version of Mosaic Netscape 1.0, including technical support from Mosaic Communications, will be available upon completion of the beta cycle.
www.cs.umd.edu /~dabe/txt/netscape_0.9   (184 words)

  
 fUSION Anomaly. Netscape
Netscape Communications Corporation is a former company, currently owned by Time Warner, and was the publisher of the Netscape Navigator web browser.
When Communicator was eventually released, the new features were largely ignored by users, but the size increase and speed reduction were noted.
Netscape Communicator was the proper brand name of an Internet software applications suite originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation in the late 1990s.
fusionanomaly.net /netscape.html   (3021 words)

  
 Infopeople - Archive June 1994 to June 1995: [TECH NEWS] Spyglass Press Release on Netscape name change (fwd)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Corporation, has stated that it is changing the name of its company,
Mosaic is the industry standard for accessing the Internet's World
Communications] for changing the name of his company.
www.infopeople.org /contact/mailinglists/archived/origarchive/0377.html   (402 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Netscape Communications Corporation
Netscape Communications Corporation was the publisher of the Netscape web browsers as well as many other internet and intranet client and server software products.
This browser had a much more modular architecture than Communicator 4.0 and was therefore easier to develop with a large number of programmers.
To accompany the new browser, a brand new design of the Netscape.com website was introduced on February 17, 2005 (http://netcenter.netscape.com), which is still in the beta stage.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Netscape_Communications   (1746 words)

  
 Netscape Company Backgrounder
Corporate intranets present new opportunities for organizations to streamline processes and increase efficiency.
Prior to her employment at Netscape, Katz was senior vice president and general counsel of McCaw Cellular Communications and its subsidiary LIN Broadcasting Corporation.
Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to info@netscape.com or by calling 650-937-2555.
wp.netscape.com /company/about/backgrounder.html   (4094 words)

  
 Essay Galaxy - Netscape Analysis Report
Netscape Communications Corporation, originally named Mosaic Communications Corporation (MCOM) was founded in April 1994 by Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen.
Jim Clark is chairman of Netscape Communications Corporation.
Marc Andreessen is vice president of technology for Netscape Communications.
www.essaygalaxy.com /download.htm?essay=135436   (109 words)

  
 Update on Tree Plan for 0.9.4 - MozillaZine Talkback
The dominant Mosaic was written by the same programmers as the dominant Netscape, of course.
Anyway, Mosaic was in many ways a proof-of-principle rather than a commercial product; one can speak of Mosaic competing with say Cello, but not of Mosaic competing with Netscape.
You're right that NCSA Mosaic and Netscape were made by largely the same team and that Netscape Communications Corporation was originally called Mosaic Communications Corporation until the UIUC complained (you can still read the relevant press release <http://home.netscape.com/…sref/pr/newsrelease5.html> at Netscape's site).
www.mozillazine.org /talkback.html?article=1996&message=97&state=reply   (14702 words)

  
 version 0.9 beta
Please read and agree to all terms before using this software.
Mosaic Communications, Mosaic Netscape, and the Mosaic Communications logo are trademarks of Mosaic Communications Corporation.
Contractor/manufacturer is Mosaic Communications Corporation, 650 Castro Street, Suite 500, Mountain View, California, 94041.
www.theochino.com /geek/moz-099-pres.html   (53 words)

  
 Quiz on Software Companies and Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Oracle Corporation: In 1977, Lawrence J. (Larry) Ellison, Robert N. (Bob) Miner and Ed Oates formed a company called Software Development Laboratories (SDL) and bid successfully on a top-secret contract code-named Oracle for the CIA.
The project died and in 1978, SDL developed the first version of Oracle for the DEC PDP-11, which was never publicly released.
In 1983, RSI changed its name (possibly due to general confusion associated with a competitor company called RTI) to Oracle Systems Corporation, which was later shortened to Oracle Corporation.
www22.brinkster.com /beeandnee/quiztime/organisations.asp   (919 words)

  
 mosaic - Definitions from Dictionary.com
A photosensitive surface, as in the iconoscope of a television camera.
Mosaic has been described as "the killer application of the
NCSA Mosaic was originally designed and programmed for the X
dictionary.reference.com /search?q=mosaic   (315 words)

  
 Web 2.0 Social Networking Synergy | MetaFilter
Maybe a year later, since the first beta (version 0.9) of a web browser -- "Mosaic" (later called Netscape Navigator) was available in October 1994 (with version 1.0 available in December 1994).
I was refering to the history of the "consumer"/public availability of Netscape Navigator (when Jim Clark teamed up with Marc Andreessen et al, forming Mosaic Communications Corporation -- later to be called Netscape Communications Corporation) after which time we really saw homepages start to appear in late 1994/early 1995.
True enough NCSA Mosaic was designed and programmed for Unix's X Window System at NCSA (University of Illinois) and available in 1993.
www.metafilter.com /mefi/45719   (909 words)

  
 nscp dorm
Here are some excerpts from my diary during the first few months of the existence of Netscape Communications (All Praise the Company), back when we were still called Mosaic.
I've been working here at Mosaic for a month and a half now, and I haven't been sleeping much, or even going home very often.
A week or two ago we all sat around and tried to think up a name for the client; we can't call it Mosaic, because that's the name of the company.
www.jwz.org /gruntle/nscpdorm.html   (3414 words)

  
 MozInfo701: AOL to Release Netscape Browser Based on Firefox - MozillaZine Talkback
Actually first there was Mosaic, then I believe one of two people who have to do with Mosaic split and started Netscape.
Mosaic wasn't a commercial browsers like what you have today so I wouldn't blame you if you don't know it.
Netscape Communications Corporation was founded by developers who had written Mosaic at NCSA.
www.mozillazine.org /talkback.html?article=5607   (8327 words)

  
 Netscape Communications Corporation Definition. Define Netscape Communications Corporation. What is Netscape ...
(Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by {Dr. James H. Clark} and {Marc Andreessen}
(creator of the {NCSA} {Mosaic} program) to market their version of {Mosaic}, known as {Netscape} or {Mozilla}.
They {changed their name (http://www.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease5.html)} on 1994-11-14 to reflect their other activities rather than just their browser based on {Mosaic}.
www.definethat.com /define/594.htm   (75 words)

  
 Netscape Communications Corporation in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It was never a very large company by revenues, but it played a significant role in the popularisation of the internet, and a central role in the Microsoft anti-trust case.
This was released a few days after a Netscape Communicator 4.8 maintenance release, illustrating how the efforts of the Netscape developers were still being divided.
After the Microsoft antitrust case found that Microsoft held and had abused monopoly power, AOL filed suit against it for damages.
www.tutorgig.com /ed/Netscape_Communications_Corporation   (1850 words)

  
 Mosaic - FOLDOC Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Version 1.0 was released in April 1993, followed by two maintenance releases during summer 1993.
Marc Andreessen, who created the NCSA Mosaic research prototype as an undergraduate student at the University of Illinois left to start Mosaic Communications Corporation along with five other former students and staff of the university who were instrumental in NCSA Mosaic's design and development.
If you have problems or comments con cerning our WWW service, please send e-mail to the following address: webmaster@NightFlight.com.
www.nightflight.com /foldoc-bin/foldoc.cgi?Mosaic   (146 words)

  
 Netscape Communications Corporation - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Netscape Communications Corporation was the publisher of the Netscape Navigator browser, first released as Mosaic Netscape 0.9 on October 13, 1994.
It was renamed from the Mosaic Communications Corporation, founded by Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark on April 4, 1994.
Today, AOL is owned by AOL Time Warner, which disbanded the Netscape Communications Corporation in July, 2003.
www.questionz.net /History_of_the_Internet/Netscape.html   (201 words)

  
 Netscape Communications Corporation from FOLDOC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
(Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr.
James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen (creator of the NCSA Mosaic program) to market their version of Mosaic, known as Netscape or Mozilla.
They changed their name on 1994-11-14 to reflect their other activities rather than just their browser based on Mosaic.
ftp.sunet.se /foldoc/foldoc.cgi?Mosaic+Communications+Corporation   (88 words)

  
 Browser Wars: A New Hope, Presented at the Wisconsin Library Association Confernce Oct. 26 2005 by Paula M. Ganyard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Being used again for the increasing threat Firefox poses to Internet Explorer.
1993, April - Mosaic developed by Marc Andreesen at NCSA
Then founds Mosaic Communications Corporation and develops Mozilla
www.uwgb.edu /ganyardp/talks/browsers   (416 words)

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