From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 2 2:18:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net (snipe.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7514337B41D for ; Tue, 2 Apr 2002 02:18:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0033.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.192.33] helo=mindspring.com) by snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16sLMp-0002dT-00; Tue, 02 Apr 2002 02:18:19 -0800 Message-ID: <3CA9854E.A4D86CC4@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 02:17:50 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rahul Siddharthan Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anti-Unix Site Runs Unix References: <20020402113404.A52321@lpt.ens.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > > > I already have Netscape. You guys were arguing about Netscape > > > > not working, and then you go and point me at Netscape... sheesh. > > > > Uhh Mozilla != Netscape 4.x > > > > Netscape 6.x. > > > > Without the Netscape connection, it fails to support Java. > > Where did you get that idea? The Mozilla website. > > But it's binary. And it's supported. And it's not explicitly > > labelled as "for testing purposes only!" on the download lead-in > > page. > > What exactly does "supported" mean? When it crashes, do they come and > hold your hand? Yes, for a fee. > You'll probably get better help with mozilla if you > have problems with it. Probably. But it's irrelevent in the context of an argument against the contents of the "Anti-UNIX" web site. Again... UNIX wonk != Open Source Software wonk. > You can use Netscape 6.2.2 on available platforms, it's gotten good > reviews. Personally I'll stick with mozilla. Version 1.0 will be out > pretty soon, and then the "testing purposes only" guff will be gone, > for those who care. That would be "many people in the commercial sector". Personally, I really look forward to this day, since a vendor can basically dictate the use of any configuration associated software for a major product... if what they dictate is supported. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message