Netscape Combines Browser Features

Netscape? Wrong moment to launch the new Netscape Browser version (8.0)... Firefox has it all. IE still the King, but Firefox coming up quite fast. Opera recorded a very well deserved million of downloads in a short time since launch. Where is Netscape's place in all that ? Probable nowhere.

Actually the big question is not that one. The question is: Why did Netscape choose to launch a browser that runs on Firefox engine most of the time, with a few exceptions when it uses Internet Explorer Engine ?

What a $#%k ?

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/050519/techbits_new_netscape.html?.v=6

P.S. Check Release Notes at section Known Issues. Looks like a mess to me. Also... Internet Explorer rquired if Trident rendering engine used...