[lug] Microsoft drops support for Netscape tools

[Bill Thoen]

I suppose it's heresy here to suggest that maybe Netscape hasn't
been keeping pace with the functionality of IE, so why should the
Great Retarded Giant sitting on our doorstep to the Northwest
continue support for it? I haven't really checked NN6 too deeply
because when I loaded it on my (Windows) system it wallowed like a
pig. But I've been disappointed at NN 4.7's lack of support for
basic W3 standard web things like CSS, table details, etc. In some
respects, IE just works better. 

But I have to grin when I read that one of M$'s reasons for dropping
support is security. Netscape's no threat there. IE already supports
more viruses than Netscape, Mosaic, Opera, and all the rest
combined! ;-)

Are there are any really up-to-date alternatives for web browsers
here in Linux-land? (I'm new to it, and currently my L-box hasn't
got enough memory to run a GUI so I am stuck with Links and Lynx for
the nonce. But I'm working at putting another one together that will
have more memory.) 

- Bill Thoen

Prescott Oelke wrote:
> 
> I see now. Let's make the web a Windows-centric place. It's been obvious
> from the start that M$ was looking to pull an "embrace and extend" on
> the Internet. The sad thing is if they get away with this, certain
> webspaces will be off limits to non-Windows users. Gotta love M$. Always
> finding new and innovative ways to screw the common man.
> 
> Prescott Oelke
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]
> On Behalf Of Taz
> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 7:13 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] Microsoft drops support for Netscape tools
> 
> Another M$ technique?!?!?  Go DOJ!!!
> http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yh
> oo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BFE0E71ED%2D96F6%2D4109%2DA172%2D5A23D5072DEE%7D
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