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		cooldeal on May 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when... Quite true, Netscape's rewrite was a pretty bad mistake and when it was actually released it was still bad. Must read articles by Joel about it. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000027.html

jt2190 on May 12, 2012 | [–]

Brendan Eich has a different take than Joel: http://techluminaries.com/2008/12/15/episode-1-brendan-eich/

GFischer on May 17, 2012 | | [–]

Is there a transcription available? I can't listen to podcasts at work (and don't listen to them in my free time as a personal preference).

yuhong on May 12, 2012 | [–]

Also: http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=1708

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