[KLUG Members] Is this the end of Netscape?

Mike Morrett members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 30 May 2003 06:26:10 -0400


On Fri, 30 May 2003 06:23:23 -0400, "Adam Tauno Williams"
<adam@morrison-ind.com> said:
> >
> http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1032_3-1011356.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews
> > "In the settlement, AOL Time Warner inked a seven-year contract to use IE
> > in its flagship service."
> 
> They have always used IE.  The murmured once about switching to
> Netscape/Mozilla, etc... but it became clear pretty quickly that they
> were only
> doing it to rattle Bill's chain.
> 
> > I ASSUME this will not affect Mozilla.  Right?
> 
> How would it?  AOL users are a bunch of ignorant troglodytic sycophants,
> and
> there is fewer of them every day; I say let them use Arena!

Oops, what I tried to infer was, Netscape does not provide and $$$,
direction, or support for Mozilla.org.  Right?
 
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