Thanks, Jon,
   I'm interested in pursuing the idea.  (Although I haven't even installed the
Linux I picked up a few years back.)  I'm all for supporting open source and
getting around the mega corporations.   It fits well with the h.o.m.e. philosophy.

-Ralph Grimes
-------------

Jonathan Falk wrote:

> For folks interested in exploring alternatives to  Microsoft, Beonex
> Communicator is a very nice open source (and free), full-featured Web
> browser package.  It is based on the "Mozilla" core, which is the open
> source guts of the current version of Netscape (Netscape 6).  But since
> Netscape is now owned by AOL-Time Warner, Netscape 6 is clogged up with all
> sorts of junk.  Beonex is much cleaner.
>
> The Beonex Communicator package includes Navigator (the Web browser), a
> mail and newsgroup program, Chatzilla (an IRC chat program), and Composer,
> a decent web page editor.  You can get the 9 Mb download at:
>          <http://www.beonex.com/communicator/>
>
> If you're used Netscape, especially Netscape 6, the program's interface
> will look very familiar.  But unlike Netscape 4.x, Beonex is up to date and
> complaint with html standards.
>
> We haven't really had much discussion of the open source movement within
> HelpNet.  If other folks are interested, it's an area I would like to explore.
>
> Jon
>
> Jonathan Falk
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