Actually, Mosaic was the first in-line graphical browser that was cross-platform, and could be easily installed on Windows 3.1 and the Mac. That's what made it popular.
There were a number of hypertext browsers out there prior to Mosaic, such as the CERN line-mode browser called "www" and lynx. There were others that I can't remember what they were called that never achieved popularity and remained university software projects. I specifically remember one browser prior to Mosaic that would display graphics via an external app that could be specified. But, yes, it was Mosaic and it's ability to display graphics "in-line" that really made the WWW take off. But please do note that Mosaic had its own giant's shoulders to stand on. John Hebert --- john beamon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folks... I'm not a senior, gray, venerable old > computer guy who makes > modem noises when he opens his mouth and remembers > when "the internet" > really did fit on a floppy. Nonetheless, I recall > that Mosaic was "the" > original browser. If my memory serves correctly and > broadly enough, it > was the first major browser, period. EVERY browser > is derivative of > Mosaic. I don't think this is anything big enough > to make a [ Microsoft > <-> Open Source ] argument out of. > > -- > -j > > John Beamon > > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Larry Braud wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 07:47:08 -0500 > > From: Larry Braud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wired: "Did MS Pay > for Open-Source Scare?" > > > > Here is the info from Internet Explorer, Help, > About Internet Explorer: > > "Based on NCSA Mosaic. NCSA Mosaic(TM); was > developed at the National Center > > for Supercomputing Applications at the University > of Illinois at > > Urbana-Champaign. > > Distributed under a licensing agreement with > Spyglass, Inc. > > Contains security software licensed from RSA Data > Security Inc. > > Portions of this software are based in part on the > work of the Independent > > JPEG Group. > > Multimedia software components, including > Indeo(R); video, Indeo(R) audio, > > and Web Design Effects are provided by Intel Corp. > > Unix version contains software licensed from > Mainsoft Corporation. Copyright > > (c) 1998-1999 Mainsoft Corporation. All rights > reserved. Mainsoft is a > > trademark of Mainsoft Corporation. > > Warning: This computer program is protected by > copyright law and > > international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction > or distribution of this > > program, or any portion of it, may result in > severe civil and criminal > > penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum > extent possible under the > > law." > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chopin Cusachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 6:39 AM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wired: "Did MS Pay > for Open-Source Scare?" > > > > > > > > > > If you glance quickly, or your computer is slow > enough, > > > when opening Internet Explorer, you see an > acknowledgement > > > fly by -- that it's based on Mosaic, freeware > produced by a > > > team headed by the gentleman who went on to > found Netscape. > > > > > > Microsoft hates open source as long as it > doesn't use it. > > > > > > Of course the name Kerberos is apt, the guard > dog from > > > Greek mythology. > > > > > > Choppy > > > > > > At 10:15 AM 6/5/02 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > >The login process for Windows 2000 is handled > by an > > > >open source program known as Kerberos, you may > > > >recognize that name as it is also used in most > Linux > > > >distributions. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
