Benedikt Eric Heinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am regularly looking at all browsers I can get for linux (basically > anytime that there is a new release), but so far, there is no real > alternative to Netscape; but Netscape is a commercial product, so there > will be no sources available to patch - in case of trouble (OK, this will > be the same with Opera), and secondly Netscapes support *SUCKS BIG TIME*. > How long did most of us use Navigator 3.0, kept alive by artificially > creating a libgnumalloc, that wasn't there before - but without it > Netscape wouldn't work for longer than a minute (if that long at all). > Also, with support, I can't tell whether opera will be better or not - I > just know, that the only reason for either of the two companies to offer > good support is the presence of competition -- and that is something that > we'll only achieve if Opera appears on that platform...
I would rather that Netscape had never released a Linux version. Then by now we would have a free web browser for Linux that was better than Netscape because of the sheer frustration that everyone would have from lack of a decent browser. -- Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senders of unsolicited commercial e-mail will receive free 32MB core files! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
