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
More information about the Web4lib
mailing list