From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 10 17:00:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA26008 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:00:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA25997; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 17:00:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA05069; Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:59:14 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199606102359.QAA05069@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Netscape Commerce Servers To: mrcpu@cdsnet.net (Jaye Mathisen) Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 16:59:14 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jnoetzel@intermind.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Jaye Mathisen" at Jun 10, 96 04:30:29 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > 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.