... is if they try to kill off Mozilla somehow. Remember the AOL layoffs of Netscape employees last week? There is a considerable contribution from independent programmers to Mozilla, but I would guess that most of those developing Mozilla are still on a salary from Netscape, or should I say AOL. AOL could stop supporting Mozilla at any time if they choose, which may not kill Mozilla, but it certainly would be a serious blow. Yes, yes I know Steve Case has stated a couple of times how supportive of open source he is, but I believe him about as much as I believe M$. Besides, if he is so supportive of open source why hasn't the code to AOL's proprietary login software been made available so that we can have AOL for Linux. I know, "AOL for linux!?!? Yuck!!" but for some it is the only ISP available. OK enough ranting.
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... is if they try to kill off Mozilla somehow.
Remember the AOL layoffs of Netscape employees last week? There is a considerable contribution from independent programmers to Mozilla, but I would guess that most of those developing Mozilla are still on a salary from Netscape, or should I say AOL. AOL could stop supporting Mozilla at any time if they choose, which may not kill Mozilla, but it certainly would be a serious blow. Yes, yes I know Steve Case has stated a couple of times how supportive of open source he is, but I believe him about as much as I believe M$. Besides, if he is so supportive of open source why hasn't the code to AOL's proprietary login software been made available so that we can have AOL for Linux.
I know, "AOL for linux!?!? Yuck!!" but for some it is the only ISP available. OK enough ranting.