> > >> Now this one is a bit harder to quantify due to the fact that it's an >> integral part of browser.xpi > > > Gee, an integral part of the software... Gee, where have we heard this > before (think MS and MS Explorer). Seems that Mozilla does what MS > does and makes sure they bundle their bloatware so you can't remove it.
I tend to agree with Bundy. After all, Moz was designed to be modular. It should have been possible to design Mozilla so that composer would be in a different module. >> Now, personally, I wish mozilla had taken the path of building a >> kickarse browser and then built the rest. > > > Amen. Four years and still nothing to brag about. Four years ago, > windows 95 was the leading OS. That is what OPera is doing, building a > great browser first, then getting the email and usenet part corrected. I disagree. If they had built a browser based on existing technologies then, the result would be separate programs for each platform. They'll have a finished browser, but nothing much to brag about. So Mozilla.org started by creating a new technology which is now called xpcom that allows you to write apps in any platform, and then built Mozilla on /that/. Being able to create a new platform that runs on top of all existing platforms is something to brag about, because it will have a direct effect on how apps will be written in the future. Imagine having a word processor, graphics tool, even an entire OS written in xpcom. They are now possible. Mozilla has become an example of what can be done in xpcom. > It's been four years and all they have done is lost nearly all it's > marketshare. When Moz started 4 years ago, NS and MS were neck and > neck in the browser market. While MS kept on putting out newer > versions, NS had 4.x in 98,99,2000,2001 and dropping market share > while working on Open Source Moz.. The 6.x was such a horrible > release, it doomed NS. Netscape 6 *is* horrible. They should have called it Netscape 6 Preview instead of Final. The upcoming Mozilla 1.0 should also be called a Preview Release'first to avoid any possible embarrasment. > You know what I would like to see. All the Netscape Champions resign > and non-AOL employed Mozilla work to put out an a end user Mozilla > product. > > What do these people owe AOL/Time Warner anyhow? Allow NS to slip to > just a few percent of the browser market? > > I'm sorry but since Netscape is owned by mega-giant, AOl, they are not > an underdog at all. Mozilla.org is open source, so anyone who wants to contribute can join. Even Netscape employees.
