Date: 10 May 1998 02:21:04 -0000 From: Jason Nordwick <nordwick@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU> To: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux as a Mozilla total reference platform Message-ID: <19980510022104.11547.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: ksmm@threespace.com on 5/9/1998 to advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG <199805100051.UAA12852@zephyr.cybercom.net> References: <199805100051.UAA12852@zephyr.cybercom.net>
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The Classiest Man Alive, on Sat 5/9/1998, wrote the following: > > There's an interesting bit of reading about Mark Andreesen's views on > Netscape's ties to Linux at > http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19980402S0013. One of the more > interesting paragraphs is: > > ----> > Andreessen outlined a scenario in which Mozilla, as the Communicator code is > called, becomes the GUI that runs on top of a Linux operating system. > Netscape is taking steps to make this a reality, including making Linux a > "total reference" platform just like Win 32 and Macintosh, and will develop > all its products to work with the Linux. Third-party developers have already > compiled the Communicator code for Linux. > <---- > > If Netscape really is considering expanding the reference list, is there > any way that we can get in on it? > > > K.S. > Porbably not, I dont get the feeling that Netscape is doing this for The Right Reasons, but just more for Market positioning. I have given up on them and most of the new Open Source companies. They are not supporting Open Source software, but are using the "new" idea to get their name out and sell their product. You'll probably just get the same B.S. that everybody else is giving: they don't want to get involve in any BSD vs. BSD or Linux vs. BSD things, which is just blatanly wrong, we are all grownup here. Jay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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