Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 17:08:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Network Coordinator <nc@ai.net> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Big win for BSD/OS compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950922170649.6420A-100000@aries.ai.net> In-Reply-To: <199509222055.QAA19803@exalt.x.org>
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On Fri, 22 Sep 1995, Kaleb S. KEITHLEY wrote: > > Don't know if any of you have seen the news about Netscape apparently > dropping Linux from its supported platforms for its 2.0 version. Without > a compatible platform (I guess SCO iBCS doesn't cut it?) Linux users won't > have Netscape 2.x to cruise the iway with. So far Netscape hasn't dropped > BSD/OS as a supported platform though and it seems to me that FreeBSD > leverage this to win a convert or three. Didn't Netscape [or was it Maxis] go on record saying that they weren't going to go out and support non-commercial operating systems anymore? I suspect that BSD/OS support is available due to BSDI more than the other BSDs put together. Not necessarily due an overwhelming installed base of one of the other, but due to the good karma they get for supporting another "commercial" os. -Jerry.
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