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by weikju 837 days ago
I have a vague recollection of a Netscape Navigator README file on Linux that said this:

"Remember, it's spelled N-E-T-S-C-A-P-E but it's pronounced: Mozilla, the Mosaic Killer Godzilla".

some sources: http://fredericiana.com/2007/04/15/mosaic-killer/

> it was internally named Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) by Jamie Zawinski

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_company_name_etymologi...

> Mozilla Foundation – from the name of the web browser that preceded Netscape Navigator. When Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, created a browser to replace the Mosaic browser, it was internally named Mozilla (Mosaic-Killer, Godzilla) by Jamie Zawinski.[110]