From owner-freebsd-chat Sat May 9 19:30:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA02185 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 9 May 1998 19:30:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.133.7.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02158; Sat, 9 May 1998 19:30:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA00766; Sat, 9 May 1998 19:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199805100230.TAA00766@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jason Nordwick cc: The Classiest Man Alive , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux as a Mozilla total reference platform In-reply-to: Your message of "10 May 1998 02:21:04 -0000." <19980510022104.11547.qmail@xcf.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 19:30:12 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try to go out with a bang so if you read linux as reference make it a point to also include FreeBSD as a viable Open OS Platform and if you get caught in a stupid linux flame fest you can always ask us for support by posting on this mailing list. Enjoy, Amancio > > 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-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message