JTK wrote:

> jukola wrote:

>>I checked the registry for Mozilla and this is what 0.9.1 version is
>>registered as:
>>
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.10B1Win322001060713
>>
>>Could it be that 6.1 is released within soon as PR1?
>>
>>
> 
> Wh... why does *MOZILLA* have a registry key that says *NETSCAPE* not
> once, but *twice*?!?!?!?  Mozilla and Netscape are completely and
> utterly separate entities, the Netscape Maozilla Politburo says so!
> 
> What's going on here?  Where am I?!?  This is not my beautiful house....

Calm down. This Registry setting is for TalkBack. This the non-open 
source technology owned FullCircle and licenced by Netscape. It is used 
for testing only (sends info on crashes to the company). Apparently 
Netscape purchased the licence also for Mozilla. Most natural, if 
Mozilla is supposed to be the core of next Netscape releases.

But the histry of these registry settings is interesting. These are the 
ones from my PC, sorted by date (seen at the end of each entry):

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.50Win322001030710]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.50Win322001050212]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.50Win322001050518]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.50Win322001052111]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin322001052406]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin322001052909]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin322001053006]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin322001060109]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.10B1Win322001060118]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.10B1Win322001060511]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin322001060709]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\FullCircle\TalkBack\NetscapeNetscape6.10B1Win322001060713]

It seems the trunk builds have a "NetscapeMozillaTrunkWin32" FullCircle 
licence, while mozilla0.9 release was "NetscapeNetscape6.50Win32" nas 
the most recent mozulla0.91 has "NetscapeNetscape6.10B1Win32" (obvious 
translation: Netscape 6.10 beta 1 for Win32)

Most interesting!

Jacek


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