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> I'm currently talking with them (Netscape) about this very subject.
> Apparently they need dlopen()/dlsym() functionality in Netscape 2.0
> and this is not provided in BSDI 1.1, so there's a problem.
> 
> I'm now busily trying to talk them into doing both BSDI 2.0 and
> FreeBSD 2.x native ports.. :-)

If they don't add FreeBSD 2.x native support, how hard would it be too 
add dlopen()/dlsym() support for BSDI 2.0 binaries? I am not a 
programmer, so please excuse the ignorance.

Collette