[39894] in Cypherpunks
Netscape for Linux?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Simmons)
Fri Sep 22 13:38:37 1995
From: Jeff Simmons <jsimmons@goblin.punk.net>
To: jsw@neon.netscape.com (Jeff Weinstein)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:28:28 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <43tmht$qfe@tera.mcom.com> from "Jeff Weinstein" at Sep 22, 95 06:53:49 am
>
> In article <199509212125.RAA00188@hoopsnake.cjs.net>, cjs@netcom.com (Christopher J. Shaulis) writes:
> > And the sad part is that now that they have announced that they are
> > dropping their unofficial Linux support, I really want to hurt
> > Netscape badly.
>
> This is news to me. We have engineers spending valuable time keeping
> our linux port running. If you tell me where you saw this, I will look
> into it.
>
> --Jeff
>
I, and many other Linux users that I know, have repeatedly contacted
Netscape offering to pay for a Linux version of Navigator - we have usually
been either 'brushed off' or completely ignored. And now there is no
mention of a Linux port of v2.0 - not surprising that this 'rumor' is
running around. I think a statement by you or someone else at Netscape
supporting a Linux version would go a long way in reassuring the Linux
community, even if it's something that is going to take a while.
And you might want to drop by the usenet comp.os.linux.* hierarchy -
they're already working on ways to use your html extensions to design
web pages that can't be read by Navigator ...
--
Jeff Simmons jsimmons@goblin.punk.net
