Garth Wallace wrote:
>
> "Jonas J�rgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>...
> > Garth Wallace wrote:
>...
> > > Yes to #1, no to #2. Mozilla is intended to be
> > > packaged by other companies for the user market.
> > > The builds provided by Mozilla are just for
> > > testing purposes, and will be even post-1.0.
> >
> > One word: Why?
Because Netscape supplies the hardware on which the Mozilla Organization
runs, and it's not in Netscape's interests to fund something which would
be competing with them.
> Because otherwise Mozilla would be in competition
> with its customers. Think of the relationship between
> Mozilla and its distros (like Netscape, Beonex, etc.)
> like that between Linux and the Linux distros (like Red
> Hat, Caldera, Debian, etc.).
Or think of the relationship between Debian and the Debian distros (like
Progeny Linux, Libranet, Corel Linux, Storm Linux, etc).
Waitaminute. Debian GNU/Linux has distributors, but Debian still
provides end-user binaries and volunteer support! How dare they! They
must stop that this instant!
--
Matthew `mpt' Thomas, Mozilla UI Design component default assignee thing
<http://mozilla.org/>
