Re: tlug: NS 4.5PR1

[Totoro <riley@example.com>]

On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Rex Walters wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 16, 1998 at 03:59:52PM +0900, Totoro wrote:
> > After a little bit of testing, I have to say it looks like the
> > Mozilla folks are actually fixing things a tad. For one thing,
> > this edition is not phased at all by kinput2, even without any
> > sort of localization hacks. Audio and video call up just fine
> > so far (after reworking my .mailcap and .mime-types!).
> > 
> > Maybe it'll prove to Andreesen and Wall Street that opening up
> > source can can be a good thing.
> 
> Does the Netscape 4.5PR1 Communicator release include contributions from
> the net after the mozilla source release?  Or is 4.5 still completely
> netscape-only.

The docs are pretty skimpy, but since there were some Mozilla folks
at the I18n conference last month, I think the kinput2 issue shows
that they are at least listening to Linux users, if not actually
incorporating code from them.

I suppose there will be some more info available from the various
news sites in the next few days to answer these questions better
than I can.

> And are you saying Andreesen was against releasing the source?

I don't know him personally, so can't say for sure. :-)

However, it was a pretty risky move for a company with a limited
line of products. I'm sure he had his share of lost sleep over the
decision. 


David Riley

Hachinohe Institute of Technology
88-1, Myo, Ohbiraki
Hachinohe-shi Aomori-ken

http://w3.clat.hi-tech.ac.jp

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