Date: Fri, 23 Jan 98 13:16:37 -0500 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@mlor.its.rpi.edu> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? Message-ID: <9801231816.AA10759@mlor.its.rpi.edu> References: <199801231527.HAA10770@hub.freebsd.org>
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Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> wrote: > In some mail from Jonathan M. Bresler, sie said: > > > > even without source code people have devoted time and > > energy to finding bugs in the java virtual machine. with > > source code available and a commitment to implement fixes, > > security will be greatly enhanced. > > I beg to differ. If Netscape no longer participates in the > product, then that is good for Microsoft - the Netscape browser > becomes yet another shareware/freeware product with no real > support, etc. Netscape is not abandoning the product, they are merely making the source code available to interested parties. Netscape claims that making the source code available will let them "harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the internet by incorporating their best enhancements into future versions of Netscape's software". That comment wouldn't even make sense unless Netscape is still "participating" in the product. I think it's a good move for Netscape. And to keep this somewhat relevent to the hackers mailing list, it will be certainly a good move for netscape on FreeBSD... :-) --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer (MIME & NeXTmail capable) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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