On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
The reason we do it is that without wide exposure outside the company, it is virtually impossible to get complete testing coverage. Given the incredible variety of machines, OS's, peripherals, etc. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ that are available in the real world, there is no way we could re-create every possible configuration in the lab.
Yeah right. Way to go, Jeff. You even say that OS/2 Windows better than Windows itself. Get real. Don't you even realize that OS/2 is another OS! It has its own API. Stop treating other OS-es whose have emulator with the original one. Netscape uses some low-level MS-Windows specific API in order to run it well. How could you expect it run under emulator? Now, wait! .. PowerPC will have OS/2 .. therefore, Netscape will say, sorry folks - you have to use Netscape for Windows .. bla-bla-bla. Get real Jeff. Many people try to improve and make a wonderful product better, and Netscape certainly one of it. See how many people have pledge (even begged - I heard) Netscape to make Netscape for OS/2 (not to mention Amiga (oh ya, I forgot, Netscape will tell Amiga users to use Mac version because Amiga can run Mac-emulator - ha ha)).
We also can't visit every web page, or think of every combination of features that clever people in the real world come up with every day.
That's true enough. Regards, Sent.