Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 00:32:28 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix Message-ID: <3CA96C9C.B09A3535@mindspring.com> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20020401153352.02b99760@nospam.lariat.org> <3CA8EB5F.2E91B408@mindspring.com> <1017709221.71119.5.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA91382.4E4E2B@mindspring.com> <1017714456.71119.20.camel@chowder.gsoft.com.au> <3CA93944.D72D6AB7@mindspring.com> <20020402051011.GA9188@carbon.slackerbsd.org>
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Carl Schmidt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 08:53:24PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > You can get Mozilla from http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ > > > > I already have Netscape. You guys were arguing about Netscape > > not working, and then you go and point me at Netscape... sheesh. > > I guess maybe it's just me that notices the vast fucking difference between > Netscape 4.x and Mozilla. > > Fuck you Terry. http://www.mozilla.org/releases/ "We make binary versions of of Mozilla available for testing purposes only!. We provide no end user support. If you use our binaries, we strongly encourage you to participate in the various mailing lists and newsgroups hosted by mozilla.org. Please report any bugs you find to bugzilla! That, of course, is the whole reason we make these binaries available." "We initially release builds on the Win32, MacOS and x86 Linux platforms. In the days following the initial release, volunteers contribute builds for other platforms." http://www.gerbilbox.com/newzilla/mozilla/usingmoz07.php "Java is not part of the nightly builds. Instructions on getting it to work in Mozilla varies depending on operating system. WARNING: Because of the experimental and constantly changing state of Mozilla, there may be problems with getting Java to work properly, even with these instructions: 1. Linux 2. Mac OS 3. Windows" FWIW: Mozilla is not an option, for most commercial shops, which would rather only have to do the work that was necessary, rather than buy into the whole "maintain your own browser" clique. Almost every web administration interface for networking equipment in the market targetted by Microsoft's web site that I have seen in the last 3 years (including the ones shipped on products where I helped build the guts, if not some of the UI code) required Java. Almost every installation site where the equipment was installed required support contracts of one kind or another. None of your posting speaks to these facts of life, nor does it speak to the relative penetration of browsers in the UNIX market, where the vast majority of systems are running Netscape 4.6 or higher. The only "Mozilla" technology most of these people will *ever* see is Netscape 6. Back to the thread itself: It's OK if you can point at a browser that can render an anti-UNIX site prepared by Micrsoft -- render it *on UNIX platforms*. However, it's irrelevent as a propaganda tool, if the people who it is attempting to propagandize can't read the thing with the tools they have on hand. And the *vast* majority of them do *not* have Mozilla on hand. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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