During the last few years, the Mozilla Organization created the blueprint for taking a commercial product and making it open source, converting the old Netscape browser—which had been vanquished by Microsoft Corp. and Internet Explorer—into the open-source Mozilla (arguably the best browser on the market today).
With this mission accomplished, The Mozilla Organization earlier this month began planning the next phase of Mozilla development.
In many ways, it's a big departure from the past. The Mozilla development road map, points to a new direction for Mozilla—one that is more modular and has tighter controls over development.
Probably the biggest change for most users will be the move away from the all-encompassing browser suite to individual components that can be easily integrated if a user so chooses.
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