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Re: Internet Exploder 4.0 for UNIX



Hi!

This issue is not off topic!  I think it is very important issue for
us, although I am not sure if it is good or not (look at my title).

Anyway, I want to make a small summary, and by the way, to thank the
people who answered the question about Ultra-DMA.

1. One subscriber claimed that the message was too long; I want to
   apologize!  (I couldn't mention URL  -  like the other sources I
   mentioned  -  because the article was extracted using POST method)

2. I don't agree to the speculation about MS's reason. MS claims that
   lack of multi-platform support, prevented them from entering into
   big organizations/Intranets. Because of my experience, I know it
   is true. I know about big organizations in Israel, that chose
   Netscape, only because of MS's lack of support for UNIX/Win3.11.

3. Although I developed the Hebrew support for Netscape, I must admit
   that it may be a positive step for the UNIX community, of course
   depending on the quality (don't forget!  Netscape still crash
   frequently, and is known for its severe memory leaks, so Netscape
   is not better than MS). I know that we all used to hate MS and to
   love NS, but one of the main reasons was NS's support for UNIX
   (which MS lacked). If MS will support UNIX, there is one less
   reason to hate them (remember what Steve Jobs said?)

4. Regarding to Linux (and SCO(*)/Solaris-x86/FreeBSD/etc.), the
   story is different, anyway, and I agree with Frodo. These systems
   compete directly with MS, so I don't think MS will have ports for
   them...

   (*) The Bill(tm) still has its own 11% of SCO, but this is
       negative for sure  :-)

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Eli Marmor
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