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byAnonymous Coward writes:
Luke Spyglass: "You fought in the browser wars?"
NCSA Mosaic: "I was once a web browser the same as your father."
Luke Spyglass: "My father didn't browse the web. He was a finger server at the community college."
NCSA Mosaic: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. He thought he should stay home. Not gotten involved."
Luke Spyglass: "I wish I had known him."
NCSA Mosaic: "He was a cunning application, and the best downloaded in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a go
bybhtooefr ( 649901 ) writes:
Except Spyglass Mosaic had no NCSA Mosaic source code, and also, IE was based on Spyglass, not NCSA. ;)
bysharkey ( 16670 ) writes:
What he said was true.... from a certain point of view.
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byKelson ( 129150 ) * writes:
A certain point of view?!?
Luke, you're going to find that many of the designs we cling to depend greatly on our interpretation of the CSS specification.
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bypragma_x ( 644215 ) writes:
NCSA Mosaic: IE was a good friend.
NCSA Mosaic: When I first knew him, your father was already a great application. But I was amazed how strongly the Internet was with him. I took it upon myself to train him as a browser. I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Lynx. I was wrong.
Luke Spyglass: There IS still standards compliance in him. I've felt it.
NCSA Mosaic: He more Microsoft's interpretation of W3C standards now than compliant; twisted and evil.
Luke Spyglass: I can't do it, Mosaic.
NCSA Mosaic: You cannot escape your destiny. You must face Internet Explorer again.
Luke Spyglass: I can't kill my own father.
NCSA Mosaic: Then Microsoft has already won. You were our only hope.
Luke Spyglass: Lynx spoke of another.
NCSA Mosaic: The other he spoke of is your twin sister.
Luke Spyglass: But I HAVE no sister.
NCSA Mosaic: Hmm. To protect you both from the Emperor, you were hidden from your father when you were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, if IE were to have any offspring, they would be a threat to him. That is the reason why your sister remains safely anonymous.
Luke Spyglass: Opera! Opera's my sister.
NCSA Mosaic: Your codebase serves you well. Bury your threads deep down, Luke. They do you credit, but they could be made to serve the Emperor.
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bydisasm ( 973689 ) writes:
Wait... Thunderbird is the sister of Firefox ;-)
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bymu22le ( 766735 ) writes:
naaaah... thunderbird is Han Solo, of coures; fighting the same war, on another field and with different weapons!
bybadboy_tw2002 ( 524611 ) writes:
Dammit...I'm pretty sure laughing out loud at that has disqualified me from dating. I was so close!
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