From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Nov 3 05:01:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA04100 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 05:01:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us [169.244.111.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA04095 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 05:01:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from Celeris ([209.90.195.16]) by Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us (8.9.1/8.8.8-Loki) with SMTP id OAA11467; Sun, 1 Nov 1998 14:48:26 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) X-Server-ID: Loki.orland.u91.k12.me.us, OCSNet - Orland Maine USA X-Coord-Name: Drew "Droobie" Baxter, OneNetwork Exchange X-Coord-Addr: Droobie@Openlink.orland.me.us X-Coord-Pager: USA: 207-471-2719, http://pagedroo.orland.me.us Message-Id: <4.1.19981101144057.00a425e0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 14:42:23 -0500 To: Terry Lambert , grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: Internet Explorer and UNIX Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, wes@softweyr.com, scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk, licia@o-o.org, jcwells@u.washington.edu, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199811011941.MAA23590@usr05.primenet.com> References: <19981031113411.W5846@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 07:41 PM 11/1/98 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> I don't think that's being creative. We don't know how much Netscape >> code is in IE, but Microsoft has abused Java code in there in >> violation of the licensing restrictions. In my book, that's piracy. > >By all means, let's artificially limit the number of applications >that appear to run on FreeBSD by imposing political agendas >unrelated to the agenda of FreeBSD advocacy, and unrelated to >as yet unresolve court decisions. > >Not. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org I'd rather live on the assumption that Internet Explorer has not invaded the UNIX world. even if they are on Solaris. That way we can leave the whole Microsoft channel out of the mix altogether and live in a life of Happy Little Trees and the wonderful world of Not-Microsoft. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange 207-942-0275 http://www.droo.orland.me.us My Latest Kernel: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT (ONEEX) #14: Mon Oct 19 22:36:58 EDT 1998 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message