At 12:03 04/04/2001 -0400, Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>"Simon P. Lucy" wrote:
>
> > If I make a build for distribution then yes I'm interested in the target
> > market, that's the whole point of making the distribution. mozilla.org's
> > market largely includes those making distributions and not individual end
> > users. Because the UI (and most of the arguments are over UI), behaves in
> > one way on the mozilla.org reference build is no reason for it not to
> > behave differently on a different distribution, whether that's Netscape,
> > Nokia or whomever. Beonex.org's distribution aims to be as close to
> > mozilla.org as possible but be packaged for the end user. Beonex.com
> > though, might very well develop a distribution for an entirely different
> > market or corporate client and have significantly different features.
>
>While Beonex efforts are all well and good. They are targeting "only"
>the "Windows" Market.
Absolutely not true. Beonex builds a Linux and Win32 distribution and
would build a Mac one if a developer came forward top provide the resource.
>I've been in touch with them and the have stated unequivocally. "We have
>no interest at this time in developing a Mac version of Beonex".
No, its not that there is no interest, rather that there isn't the resource
to do it.
>Of course at the time I contacted them, I think I may have been the
>second person to inquire about such.
>
>Its possible things have changed since then. But given the tone of the
>reponse the chances are "Slim" and "None"; and "Slim " left last week.
I think you misunderstood Ben's reply.
>Despite the hatered for the Mac platform, or at least the lame excuse we
>don't have enough bucks to invest in the hardware and software to
>develop; (I've gone over this in another thread); I refuse to leave the
>Mac Platform until the day Apple Computer padlocks the doors and all the
>software currently on the computer will no longer work. Then and only
>then I will be dragged kicking and scream (would be hard to do as I am
>over 300 pounds) to the Windows Platform.
It isn't a lame excuse. I don't hate any platform, but the Mac platform,
for me at any rate, isn't commercially viable as a development
platform. Why should I invest a couple of grand in a platfom that isn't
going to return me anything?
> >
> > >The "Prime Directive" (Star Trek terminology) of Mozilla is to make a
> > >Killer application to Bury Internet Explorer/Outlook Express so well
> > >that MicroSoft will discontinue it. And Put Mozilla/Netscape as the A-1
> > >Prime WEb Browser/Email Client on the planet.
> >
> > I don't think that's anywhere stated as an objective for mozilla.org or
> > anything like it. In fact its part of the problem that some think that
> > that is the aim.
>
>It should be. How are you going to develop a following and therefore a
>base for companies to use for end user products. If Microsoft is allowed
>to go on without any competition then what's the point in developing
>Mozilla/Netscape6. After all if they are the only product out with
>standards compliance then they can put in something to break the
>standards the standards committee has came up with.
Competition isn't war.
>If you don't believe Gates will then I know where you can get some
>expensive swamp land in Florida I can guarantee you can build on and
>there be no water around. :-)
>
>
> > >The prime concern of anyone not working for Microsoft should be work for
> > >there demise or at least reduce their importance in the realm of things.
> >
> > Err no. Microsoft aren't an enemy, so far as I know they don't eat babies
> > and I really don't care how successful they are.
>
>Yes they are! There are! They are! people still don't get it. If your
>not on your guard Only Microsoft will provide Software for anything.
>Please read your computer history of Software. There many software
>companies (many of them Mac centric) that were bought up by Microsoft
>then the products killed as soon as they were bought. Up until a few
>years ago Microsofts number one project was to kill off Apple Corp and
>the Macintosh. Then suddenly some realized that if Apple wasn't around
>the Feds would have no choice to break up Microsoft in so many little
>pieces it couldn't survive. So they invested 5 or 10 million dollars in
>Apple to prevent that from happening.
Well that's one view of history I suppose.
Simon
> > >Do we realize Mr Gates could buy the entire USA and have money left over.
> >
> > No Gates couldn't, though if he did Shrub might have to pick up the Kyoto
> > Accord again :-)
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > ==================================
> > We are not the stuff that abides,
> > but patterns that perpetuate themselves.
> > Norbert Weiner
>
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