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Netscape pulls Mozilla chat-client page

Posted by Hemos on from the aol-pressure? dept.

smu writes "Netscape, the contributor of the Instant Messaging API document, has requested that mozilla.org remove the page pending further review by Netscape. "We at mozilla.org regret this inconvenience, but respect the wishes of our contributors. Netscape solicits feedback on this decision". "I don't think I need to make any smartass comment.

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  1. You clueless shits... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    Reality calling all whiners!

    Ever heard of Internet Explorer 4?
    Internet Explorere 5?
    Quicktime 4?

    They're all delivered using MODULAR pieces. Ring a bell? If you do not want a chat client in browser x.xx, do not request it for download.

    If you have some notion that they are somehow embedding a chat client into the layout engine, go to Mozilla.org and read a bit.

    If you have the notion that 150 engineers are dropping what they are doing to make IRCAIMAOLICQ on a salaried whim, get $0.35 and call Clue to chat for a while.

    If you have a complaint about the UI or behavior in M3 or M4, go to the dictionary and look up PRE-ALPHA, or DEBUGGING, or EARLY BUILD, or else if that's too much work, meditate on concepts such as "reading what is and is not implemented yet in the readme" or "there have been no beta releases of mozilla as of yet".

    If you are under the assumption that a Java machine can be pulled out of one's ass in a few days, think harder. The mechanics for interfacing Mozilla with the JVM of *YOUR CHOICE* are being implemented as we speak. NS5 will ship with someone's. Don't like it? Get a copy of Mozilla and plug in your own. Oh, and no-one is going to put up 10 megs of JVM per nightly debugging build just so one can save oneself the agony of not having scrolling newstickers.

    If you are under the assumption that snarky comments about the de facto ownership of a development initiative actually contributes to the project, learn about how software gets written.

    And finally, if you are under the assumption that a project as sophisticated and technically superior as Mozilla "sux" because it doesn't have a recursive name or themable XYZ, go ahead and write your own browser. Implement everything The 'Leet Way yourself, using Real Open Source by Hax0rs. Don't forget to write a new widget set!

    Either Mozilla or Netscape 5 will end up being the modular multipuropose ultraextensible browser you'll be using for the next five years, so get used to getting world-class best-of-breed cross platform ultra efficient useful innovative open source software for free, or go back to the land of paperclips and wizards.


    Fricking ingrates. Respect Mozilla.