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In 1998 mozilla.org was created as a place to host the [http://www.opensource.org/ open source] version of Netscape Communicator. Today this site is the center of a world-wide movement that is creating the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Firefox] browser as well as a wide range of other innovative [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/ projects].
== Community Milestones ==
* <strong>July 31, 2009</strong> - [http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2009/07/31/1000000000-thats-a-lot-of-zeros/ 1,000,000,000th Firefox download]
* <strong>March 31, 2008</strong> - The Mozilla project celebrates its 10th anniversary
* <strong>February 19, 2008</strong> - [http://www.mozillamessaging.com/ Mozilla Messaging], the new mail focused subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, begins operations
* <strong>December 28, 2007</strong> - AOL announces that there will be [http://blog.netscape.com/2007/12/28/end-of-support-for-netscape-web-browsers/ no further releases of Netscape Navigator] and recommends that Navigator users switch to Firefox
* <strong>December 4, 2006</strong> - The World Economic Forum selects Mozilla as one of the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2006-12-04.html Technology Pioneers for 2007]
* <strong>October 19, 2005</strong> - Firefox surpasses [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-10-19.html 100 million downloads] just before its 1st anniversary
* <strong>August 3, 2005</strong> - The [http://www.mozilla.com/ Mozilla Corporation] is created as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation
* <strong>July 2, 2005</strong> - The community led SeaMonkey project [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2005-07-02 takes over development] of former Mozilla Application Suite code
* <strong>March 4, 2005</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-03-04.html Mozilla China is founded] to tap into China’s thriving Firefox community
* <strong>September 14, 2004</strong> - Mozilla establishes the [http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty.html Bug Bounty program] to reward contributors for discovering bugs and helping continually improve Mozilla's products
* <strong>August 18, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-08-18.html Mozilla Japan is founded] to create a foothold in Asia and foster the growing community in Japan
* <strong>February 17, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-02-17.html Mozilla Europe is founded] to spur Mozilla’s community, mindshare and marketshare in Europe
* <strong>July 15, 2003</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-foundation.html The Mozilla Foundation is born] with a $2 million start-up support from America Online's Netscape division; Mitch Kapor pledges support and heads up the board of directors
* <strong>April 2, 2003</strong> - A [http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-02-Apr-2003.html new roadmap] is posted that details the switch from developing an integrated suite to developing Firefox and Thunderbird as separate applications
* <strong>September 19, 2001</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/relicensing-faq.html Mozilla relicensing begins], more than 6000 NPL files are relicensed under an MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-licence
* <strong>April 7, 2000</strong> - First Mozilla Developer Day is hosted at Netscape
* <strong>March 18, 1999</strong> - America Online acquires Netscape Communications Corporation
* <strong>October 26, 1998</strong> - mozilla.org posts product [http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap/roadmap-26-Oct-1998.html roadmap] that includes next browser release based on Gecko and a cross platform user interface
* <strong>March 31, 1998</strong> - [http://web.archive.org/web/20021105061654/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease591.html?cp=nws04flh1 Netscape Communicator source code] is posted on the Internet via mozilla.org
* <strong>February 23, 1998</strong> - The mozilla.org project is [http://web.archive.org/web/20020606033119/http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease577.html launched] by Netscape
== Major Software Releases ==
* <strong>June 30, 2009</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2009-06-30.html Firefox 3.5] released
* <strong>June 17, 2008</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2008-06-17.html Firefox 3.0] is released
* <strong>April 18, 2007</strong> - Thunderbird 2.0 is released as a major update to the free, open source email client
* <strong>January 18, 2007</strong> - [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2007-01-18 SeaMonkey 1.1] is made available
* <strong>October 24, 2006</strong> - Mozilla [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2006-10-24.html releases Firefox 2.0]
* <strong>January 30, 2006</strong> - [http://www.seamonkey-project.org/news#2006-01-30 SeaMonkey 1.0] is released
* <strong>January 12, 2006</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.com/press/mozilla-2006-01-12.html Thunderbird 1.5] is made available
* <strong>November 29, 2005</strong> - Mozilla [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2005-11-29.html releases Firefox 1.5]
* <strong>December 7, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-12-7.html Mozilla rolls out Thunderbird 1.0] providing users with an alternative, free email client
* <strong>November 9, 2004</strong> - [http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-11-09.html Mozilla Firefox 1.0 goes live], allowing users to experience the Web in a whole new way
* <strong>June 17, 2004</strong> - Mozilla 1.7 is launched with many improvements to speed and standards support
* <strong>June 30, 2003</strong> - Mozilla 1.4 is released with popup blocking, junkmail filtering, and many improvements
* <strong>September 23, 2002</strong> - Phoenix 0.1 is released, the first official version of a stand-alone browser that will later be renamed to Firefox
* <strong>June 5, 2002</strong> - [http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article2278.html Mozilla 1.0 is released] - the browser which is the precursor to today’s wildly popular Firefox Web browser
* <strong>November 14, 2000</strong> - Netscape 6 is released and is the first official Netscape product based on open source code
<em>For more detailed timeline information, read through the [http://www.mozillazine.org/archive.html MozillaZine News Archive].</em>
