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spyglass mosaic was one of the first browsers i used; even back then, i remember thinking spyglass was a peculiar name..

The original business for Spyglass was scientific visualization tools. When we did our "pivot" into web browsers, the company name stayed the same.

The science tools were sold to Brand Fortner, one of the original founders.

And, er, nevermind that comment. It's redundant.

Lesson learned: Don't comment until you RTFA, even if you wrote TFA.