 - Mozilla was Netscape Communication's nickname for Navigator, its Web browser, and, more recently, the name of an open source public collaboration aimed at making improvements to Navigator. This public collaboration was essentially launched and is still substantially supported by Netscape (now owned by AOL); however, the Mozilla project is independent. Netscape can use its code but so can anyone else.
Mozilla originated as a name used by Navigator's developers before the product had a commercial name and in varying degrees has continued to be nurtured by the company's founders (of which the chief was Marc Andreessen, who designed Mosaic, the first Web browser with a graphical user interface). From time to time, Netscape has used Mozilla as the name of a kind of mascot or cartoon alterego created by illustrator Dave Titus.
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