[svlug] Re: WC:>: AOL Anywhere
Dan Bethe
dtm at hex.net
Thu Nov 26 21:50:39 PST 1998
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Prasanth Kumar wrote:
> <snip>
> > > And by cutting off Netscape, MS-AwOL cuts off Linux! Brilliant
> > > strategy!!! Who will use Linux, when there is no decent web browser? Who
> > > will oppose MS, when Netscape is gone???
> >
> > Relax. The OSS movement -- of which Linux is one part, FreeBSD is
> > another, KDE and GNOME and Mozilla and Apache and sendmail and BIND
> > are others, and there are a hundred other pieces, is far too big
> > already to be stopped by traditional corporate power plays and litigation.
> <snip>
>
> Luckily, the web browser in KDE is quite capable if not yet stable. So
> even
> with the loss of Netscape, there is still hope.
He said that Mozilla isn't going anywhere, and he means it. A
little less FUD please? Can we have a little more style to our substance?
"We each pay a fabulous price for our visions of paradise,
but a spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission."
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