LYNX-DEV letting it all hang out

[Philip Webb]

[ on a day when the Unabomber & the President of the United States made
their first steps towards a jail cell -- up here in the Land of Peace,
Order & Good Government Jean & Aline have never looked at anyone else
since they first met  40 yrs ago  -- , lynx-devers may have overlooked
the following news item: perhaps Lynx will be able to get some ideas
eg how to handle tables, if we're not too snotty to look at Brand N ]

Reuters New Media -- Thursday January 22 6:45 PM EST 
   
Netscape to Begin Giving Away Browsers -- Kourosh Karimkany
   
PALO ALTO -- Netscape Communications Corp., said Thursday it will give away
its Navigator and Communicator browser products to consumers, online services
and personal computer makers.
   
IN AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT MOVE, Netscape also will make its programming code
-- which is normally jealously guarded by a software company --
available on the Internet, so that independent programmers can modify
and improve its browsers.  The plan is to harness the technical expertise
of thousands to accelerate the browser's development and to encourage
customization by big corporate customers, Netscape executives said.
Smith said it is a "brilliant" move, because Netscape does not have the cash
and technical resources to compete in development with Microsoft:
"They are gaining an army of unpaid software developers".
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