Why doesn't GNU do an WWW viewer?

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From: Marty Leisner 25733
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 17:06

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I've used both netscape and Mosaic...

While netscape may have some advantages over Mosaic,
the lack of software makes it hard to use and extend
(I get periodic coredumps...)

And my understanding the latest version will stop working
on some date..(and its not freeware).

It seems a good WWW viewer is considered to be a "killer
application"...it seems it would be quite logical
for GNU to extend some resources into this area...

Thoughts?

--
marty
leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com
Member of the League for Programming Freedom (see http://www.lpf.org/)
Being president is like running a cemetery; you've got a lot
of people under you but nobody's listening.
		Bill Clinton.

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