[KLUG Members] Is this the end of Netscape?

Peter Buxton members@kalamazoolinux.org
Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:19:47 -0400


On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:13:00AM -0500, Bob Kanaley was only escaped
   alone to tell thee:

> I think this is more the reason for the hugs and kisses rather than
> AOL suddenly abandoning their noble effort to keep M$ from illegal
> monopolistic tactics used to dominate world computers.

Well, AOL isn't a software company. (Lest we forget, AOL started out as
the easiest, most Macintosh-friendly online provider (I won't say
Internet ;-) around.) If MS truly means to put MSN on the backburner,
then AOL has done its part: they don't have the cash to spare fighting a
browser war when (if) the ISP war is done.

Even if they cut back on their Mozilla involvement, they already did an
amazing thing by putting out Mozilla under the MPL.

(Why the *&^@ am I defending A O L ?!?!)

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