[39707] in Cypherpunks
Re: netscape bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurent Demailly)
Wed Sep 20 23:51:42 1995
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 04:59:26 +0200
From: Laurent Demailly <dl@hplyot.obspm.fr>
To: "Vladimir Z. Nuri" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199509201855.LAA17261@netcom16.netcom.com>
Vladimir Z. Nuri writes:
[... some good points and other less good (imo) deleted ...]
[.... netscape is good for us stuff ....]
> Netscape is a world class product, and it's *free*. on this cypherpunks
> list, I have seen no end to the venemous criticisms that people level at
> *free* products, which IMHO is quite tasteless at times.
FYI Netscape IS NOT FREE, at all. re-read the Licence that you shall
read before clicking <Ok>. (though it is not a problem in itself (helas
ppl must work for a living and sell stuff), apart from the unsecurity
through obscurity which is often a result of commercial products)
[.... netscape is good for us stuff ....]
> it reminds me of how much people here rant at Microsoft when
> virtually no other company on the planet could pull off what they make
> look easy (ah, that's another story I've filled up other posts with).
Duh ... I would'nt have insulted Netscape by quoting Micro$oft in the
same post ;-) (half joking)
[.... netscape is good for us stuff ....]
dl
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