Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:59:14 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jnoetzel@intermind.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Netscape Commerce Servers Message-ID: <199606102359.QAA05069@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.92.960610162933.22584n-100000@schizo.cdsnet.net> from "Jaye Mathisen" at Jun 10, 96 04:30:29 pm
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> > > Does anyone know about FreeBSD ports of the Commerce server and the News > > > server? I know we've got Navigator ports, but I'd like to get a couple > > > server ports as well if we have them available. > > > > The BSDI commerce server runs (but didn't Netscape just drop BSDI > > so the can concentrate on the NT platform where Microsoft has > > already won?). > > > Mail was sent to the BSD/OS list from the people at BSD/OS saying that > this was patently false, and that announcements from both parties would be > coming soon. > > Netscape's strength was the cross-platform work, I doubt they trivially > throw it away. I read this on 3 seperate news groups and in one press release about (nominally from?) Netscape. I had assumed that it was at the request of BSDI to change their method of distribution so that you couldn't buy the BSDI version except through BSDI (I thought maybe BSDI had an OEM agreement inked or something). If this isn't true, then Netscape and BSDI need to widen the scope of their damage control in their press releases to that effect; a joint press release announcing the next BSDI version with an assurance of continued support wouldn't be a bad idea. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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