The beginning of the end for the Netscape Browser???

Di Clarke di_clarke at bond.edu.au
Tue Jun 12 09:44:38 EDT 2001


>
>Well who knows about the .Net thing - I mean, P.T. Barnum said "there's a
>sucker born every minute" and/or "you can fool most of the people most
>of the time".  If .Net flies (and I have no real doubts that most people
>will be dragged along, even if a few are kicking and screaming) then it
>will be another testament to Barnum's cynical wisdom.  Even Linus
>Torvalds (inventor of the Linux kernel), an infamously even-tempered
>fellow, said recently that the whole idea of convincing people to rent
>their software instead of owning it was just nutty.  If any marketing
>department is up to the challenge, it is Microsoft's  :)
>
>> PS:  I use Linux, Netscape 4.76 and Mozilla 0.9, and I sometimes, just
>> sometimes, MS-bash, but only when I think they have deserved it.  :)
> 
>Don't even think twice - *of course* they deserve it.  Would you feel
>guilty about bad-mouthing the Mafia?? ;>
>
>Raymond
>

I can't help it - I have to inject a little humour in here, this article is
funny ...

http://www.computeruser.com/articles/2006,3,7,1,0601,01.html

cheers,
di





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