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Re: winmosaic alpha3 - 32 bit application

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From: Buzz
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 23:38
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In article <2npsu3$b3f@oak.oakland.edu>, 
<landman@hal.physics.wayne.edu> writes:

> Regardless, send them a note saying how much you would like
> the NCSA Mosaic package ported to OS2 (mention that the X port
> has been done by a fellow at IBM), and that Windows is nice,
> but OS/2 & PM is in fact better at 
multitasking/multithreading,
> so the hard windows programming tricks and pitfalls can all be
> avoided.

Alex, I totally agree.  I've sent similar requests to 
"mosaic-win@ncsa.uiuc.edu", but I know they're disappearing.  I 
can't seem to find a better mail address to put in my vote for a 
PM 32-bit Mosaic, does anyone know where such a request to NCSA 
might get the appropriate attention?

It's tough to phrase a request like this, since they've 
already given us some of the best free software I've ever seen 
and are obviously under no obligation to us as consumers.  
Nonetheless, we can show the support that such a version would 
have.  I venture the unsubstantiated opinion that a much higher 
percentage of OS/2 users are familiar with TCP/IP and the 
Internet than Mac or Windows users, based on USENET traffic 
volume and the fact that >50% of OS/2 boxes are networked 
(reported by an IBMer on their PCC BBS).  A PM Mosaic would be 
incredibly popular.

-Matt
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