Adam Shostack wrote:
I'm not sure that this is the message they're sending at all. They're trying to work the Linux/GNU model of getting a horde of volunteer programmers to improve their product, and base other products on it, because of the ease of integration. I don't know that security was even on their minds.
It doesn't matter. In fact this is the smartest thing they could have done. Given their recent financial predicament and the level of competence and cluefulness they have shown in the past, I am amazed they didn't let inertia and their investment in the anti-civilization (and pointy haired managers) hold them back. I feel that Microsoft's extremely determined attempts to corner the browser market has forced them to stop evading reality for a while. They seem to have realized that the best model for their business is Caldera/Redhat/Stronghold model. To add value to already existing free software that adheres to an open standard. Releasing Netscape 5 code will effectively ensure them a standard to capitalize on. Best, Vipul Links: x. http://www.openspace.org/ has setup up a forum for developing free Netscape. x. http://slashdot.org/slashdot.cgi?mode=article&artnum=425 http://www.slashdot.org/slashdot.cgi?mode=article&artnum=499 this guy first suggested that netscape should go GPL (on january 12) and predicted they'll do it right away. -- Powell lingered. "How's Earth?" It was a conventional enough question and Muller gave the conventional answer, "Still spinning." -- "Reason", Asimov. ================================================================== Vipul Ved Prakash | - Electronic Security & Crypto mail@vipul.net | - Web Objects 91 11 2233328 | - PERL Development 198 Madhuban IP Extension | - Linux & Open Systems Delhi, INDIA 110 092 | - Networked Virtual Spaces