-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- tcmay@got.net said:
Yeah, I'm surprised that "banner ad eaters" have not been widely deployed. (If they're available, I haven't about them.) Something to remove the annoying banners, or stop them from wasting valuable time loading in the first place.
Netscape just announced that they're going to release the source code to Communicator 5.0 with a license that allows modification and redistribution "in the heritage of the GNU Public License." No details on the specific license yet, but it sounds *very* hopeful. The point is... we *will* be able to add all the funky new features we want. Complaining about the browser will no longer be acceptable now that we will be able to *do* something about it. It also means that Microsoft will get to compete head-to-head with a real free software model. This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what the free software model can do. I can already envision non-Netscape "distributions," custom browser modifications for big customers, etc. More info here: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980122/ca_netscap_3.html http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/980122/business/stories/netscape_1.html http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980122.ehnetcode.htm -john. ...................................................................... . . .....John.D.Blair... mailto:jdblair@uab.edu phoneto:205.975.7123 . . http://frodo.tucc.uab.edu faxto:205.975.7129 . ..sys|net.admin.... . . the university computer center ..... ..... g.e.e.k.n.i.k...the.university.of.alabama.at.birmingham.... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNMfLCwJjTpK3AXhBAQHDMQP+LaUVmDpm2Rv8EPVCkd1o389OrOKi/3EY MKmlHaeruFKhAf1tCcY78C8I6Ofm0jbZJ9s1sHOWprqjAbi4l+C53GlQoGNCuD6R x9Zm3fflfRbMF0slUqNUcAxVMPF8Qjh5YC2f6iOchIq0GgxnO8B53r5cUwri5Ne9 pYaq2/HpAow= =eG/n -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----