[KLUG Members] Is this the end of Netscape?

[Adam Williams]

>>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.

With AOL shedding close to two million subscribers every quarter I'd say 
that, yep, the ISP war is over.  And AOL & MSN both lost.

The bells have it in the bag with their lock on broadband technologies.

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

Yes they did. 

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

You're actually just a corprotist mole?  On Mr. Gates dole?  Your a 
socially inept teen ager who loves to chat with lonely 55 year old men 
pretending to be college cheer leaders? Beats me.