Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:14:21 -0500 (EST) From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com> To: Zippy <seth@interport.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.990318151209.4428C-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990318150841.12432A-100000@interport.net>
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Zippy wrote: > [1] According to the developer I talked to, Microsoft's slogan for this > project is "Bringing the Internet to Unix". I hate to break it to the boys in Redmond, but Unix the only reason the Internet came to them in the first place. <sarcasm> It's good to see Microsoft becoming the foster parent of the Internet, I must have missed the press release claiming ownership. </sarcasm> > [2] My feeling is that it's worth their while to officially support a > native FreeBSD port, since we already have the option of running Linux > bins. Since I think most people would rather run a native port than an > emulated one (comments?), this gives Netscape an opportunity to "lock in" > the FreeBSD userbase before M$ gets an opportunity. Native applications are always going to run better the emulated ones, you never have to worry about a specific case that hasn't been brought up before. - bill fumerola - billf@chc-chimes.com - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - bfumerol@computerhorizons.com - billf@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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