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From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Free netscape - good or bad ?
To: jmb@FreeBSD.ORG (Jonathan M. Bresler)
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 02:14:32 +1100 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <199801231458.GAA08114@hub.freebsd.org> from "Jonathan M. Bresler" at Jan 23, 98 06:58:39 am
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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.  
> 
> 	corporations and financial institutions will find this 
> 	very attractive.   to counter, microsoft would have to create
> 	a high quality product.....something the "regents of reboot"
> 	have never done.  

I beg to differ.  If Netscape no longer participate in the product,
then that is good for Microsoft - the Netscape browser becomes yet
another shareware/freeware product with no real support, etc.

Granted not everyone thinks like that but some people DO.

Darren