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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16673)	1/23/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: Larry Sullivan	Respond to of 24154

Sone things that has been going through my mind is the following. 1) Netscape needs the Javagator (or whatever it is called) to unify functionality across there supported platforms. 2) Netscape is laying off 400 ( I think that this is the number that I saw) 3) Netscape is now giving away both the code and the finished product for free. What if the following is going on...Netscape has basically just announced the last version of the C/C++ built Navigator and from now on updates will come from the developer community at large with very little help from Netscape maybe some testing. Very similar to FSF - BTW how much regression type testing gets done on FSF software releases? This is not a slam I am just curious because I don't know. So in essence Navigator as you have known it is dead to Netscape but with them rooting for the community at large to keep it moving forward. Now Netscape takes the developers that wanted to keep and focuses them on the Java version and enterprise goo. Just a theory, I have no knowledge of what Netscapes plans are it just looks interesting to me. But it would make the Netscape providing a "standard release" a little in jeopardy. Larry...

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16673)	1/23/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Dermot Burke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Dan, I think you need more reliable news sources -http://www.drudgereport.com/ This guy is a one man tabloid empire.He's out there.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (16673)	1/23/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Netscape now--for free news.com This is a compilation of stories from yesterday about Netscape's source code surpise. Most comment is favorable, though the financial/market guys are sort of scratching their heads. Just one random excerp for John Donahoe: In earlier sworn testimony, a number of companies expressed their desire to ship Windows 95 without the browser icon. Compaq, Gateway 2000, and Micron Electronics all were eventually required to carry the IE browser and the desktop icon as a condition of licensing Windows 95. All an ugly rumor, I know. One other story from Techweb: Netscape Offers Navigator As Community Browser techweb.com Hey, like I said on the NYT story, Netscape goes communitarian- Hillary must be in on the plot! I hope not, she messes up everything, but the ilk are a tolerant lot. Cheers, Dan.