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- From: kindel@ghoti.osf.org (Bill Kindel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AWeb browers with netscape extension is a must
- Date: 02 Apr 1996 17:54:13 GMT
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Message-ID: <KINDEL.96Apr2125413@ghoti.osf.org>
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- In-reply-to: hfrieden@fix.uni-trier.de's message of 1 Apr 1996 21:38:33 GMT
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- Digital Arts PD Software <DigitalA@zenecaen.demon.co.uk> writes:
-
- > I think that if enough people pester NETSCAPE for an Amiga version, they
- > may look into it...
-
- While I'm sure that the Netscape folks would be willing to produce an Amiga
- version if the economic incentive was right (read: "if they were paid to do
- it by AT"), I don't think that's necessarily a desirable end.
-
- Netscape is already becoming the Microsoft of the World Wide Web. If they
- succeed, then all the work that has gone into the HTML and HTTP standards
- (and S-HTTP, which is needed to guarantee privacy for financial and other
- transactions) will be wasted. Current Netscape servers support a number of
- proprietary extensions that serve as "lock-ins" to force people to use
- Netscape browsers. At the same time, Netscape appears to be dragging its
- feet with regard to supporting the proposed HTML3 standard.
-
- One Microsoft is MORE than enough, in my mind. We need at least two good
- HTML3-compliant browsers on the Amiga platform ASAP. (The Windoze crowd has
- the same need, but as usual they don't know it.)
-
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