[5375] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: NCSA's un-free browser - NOT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Behlendorf)
Fri Aug 26 20:07:11 1994
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 1994 02:01:36 +0200
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From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@wired.com>
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On Fri, 26 Aug 1994, Eric W. Sink wrote:
> >What happened to the free-browser/pay-for-editor model? After this, what
> >incentive will there be to make the free version of NCSA's
> >Mosaic software even comparable to "Enhanced Mosaic"?
>
> Plenty. We're not talking about Growing Mosaic and Stagnant Mosaic. The free
> version and the commercial version cater to somewhat different audiences.
> Not only will the free version continue to be available, it will
> continue to be improved. Also, some improvements from Spyglass will be
> worked back into the free version.
Okay, that's the balance I was looking for. The press release seemed
misleading on this, and the vacuum of info from within NCSA didn't
alleviate it.
Brian
