On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Eliran wrote:

> >Years later,in 1998, netscape decided to release the source code of the
> >netscape communicator.
>
> Because of the Cathedral & The Bazaar document ?

Actually, yes.

>
> >They formed a seperate project called mozilla.
> >Mozilla produced, among other stuff (stuff like Bugzilla) a browser-suite
> >called Mozilla. That browser is generally aimed for developers. Its aim is
> >not for end-users.
>
> Why is that ? I don't see any reason why any end-user won't use the browser.
> Or perhaps later they fitted it to the end-user needs ?

It is more a matter of finishing touches.

For instance, have a look at the bookmark collection that comes with the
mozilla distribution. Aso note the "debug" menu item.

>
> >The browser that Netscape Inc. releases (Netscape Communicator) is
> >basically the same browser produced by mozilla, but also includes some
>
> What does 'the same' means ?

Compare mozilla, beonex, Netscape, and the various mozillas of linux
distros to Galeon, Skipstone and K-Meleon.

> May be related: is there a way to set mailto: in webpages opened with
> mozilla will start mutt instead of mozilla's mail client ?

Anybody?

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Tzafrir Cohen
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