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grep@cris.com (George Bonser) writes:

>No, it is Netscape. They want you to use Javascript (their sorta-kinda
>Java). Their implimentation of Java is broken. Expect Netscape to be
>toast in the browser market within 24 months.

>This is going to leave a BIG hole in the market for a linux browser
>because Microsoft (who is going to blast Netscape out of the
>mainstream browser market) is never going to do a linux browser
>(unless they suddenly go back to their roots and start building apps
>for other operating systems)

I doubt that Microsoft fit that description (about their roots). I 
think they (Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer) got the offer from IBM to
write an operating system because IBM were miffed when Digital 
Research wouldn't give them non-disclosure rights to CPM (the big
operating system before DOS). Before that they were minor players,
after that they were busy writing buggy software for PCs.



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