9:52 AM

Wow, is Wired slipping? They seem to forget that the first non-beta version of an open-source Mozilla browser was Mozilla 1.0, released 5 June 2002.

I mean, Firefox 1.0 is really, really sweet and I love it. Love it love it love it. But the Mozilla developers haven’t been working on the platform that supports it since 1998, and that platform went GA two and a half years ago, making Firefox possible.

Ach, just go read the article yourselves — Wired News: Firefox 1.0 Makes Flashy Debut:

The Mozilla Foundation, inheritor of the Netscape programming code base, made the very first non-beta version of its open-source browser available for free at 1 a.m. PT Tuesday. Soon after its release, Mozilla’s servers were overwhelmed.