"Simon P. Lucy" wrote:
>
> 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?
Why isn't there any comercial viability.
There are only two (Appleworks and MicroSoft Word) Word Processing Programs.
There is only one comercial Spreadsheet program for the Masses MicroSoft Excel.
There is only two highend Drafting programs for Mechanical and
Electronic Engineering.
Pne of them had shelved the Mac version for ten years. (Article in MacWorld).
If I had time to sit and research I could come up products we are
hurting for. The reason Mac Software is so expensive is that no one
takes the Mac Platform seriously and don't reliaze they could Make Money.
With the use of a Orange Micro Card or Virtual PC you can run PC
Programs just as well on a Mac as a PC.
(Games maybe not).
>
> > >
> > > >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.
It is for Microsoft. :->
>
> >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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> >If it's "fixed", don't "break it"!
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> If I'd known I would spend so much time sorting and rearranging boxes
> I'd have paid more attention at kindergarten
>
> S.P. Lucy
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