[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?

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    but a spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission."
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