> -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Langham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Wyona / Xopus (IE vs.Mozilla) > > > > "Mozilla can now be used as a content editor" but could be "we > > have a content editor, and the code is based on Mozilla, by the way". > >. . . > > This I like. An XML Content Editor as a separate application based on > Mozilla code. > > I was pointing out that Cocoon is being widely used in > environments where MS > IE is the browser running on the client - so a solution that > would only run > _inside_ a Mozilla browser would lock out a lot of potential. > > Sounds like a new project to me.
I think that we should at least wait to see the Xopus code. AFAIK, it will become open source soon, but I don't know when yet. Maybe at the conference? Lon, are you listening? :-) memo > > Matthew > > -- > Open Source Group sunShine - Lighting up e:Business > ================================================================= > Matthew Langham, S&N AG, Klingenderstrasse 5, D-33100 Paderborn > Tel:+49-5251-1581-30 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.s-und-n.de > Weblogging at: http://www.need-a-cake.com > ================================================================= > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 10:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Wyona / Xopus (IE vs.Mozilla) > > > On Friday 08 March 2002 10:32, Matthew Langham wrote: > >. . . > > We're talking the Mozilla browser here - right? Looking at the > > current browser market share I fail to see why Mozilla is the > > platform to aim for. Surely we should be trying for a solution that > > works in IE as well. > >. . . > > A while ago we had a discussion about this > (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-dev&m=100710398209305&w=2) > > I wrote this at the time: > > ...IMHO a content editor could be seen and "marketed" as > > a separate application - basing it on the Mozilla code base > > (assuming it makes sense) would not necessarily mean saying > > "Mozilla can now be used as a content editor" but could be "we > > have a content editor, and the code is based on Mozilla, by the way". > >. . . > > IE's market share today is no question, but I think many > Open-Source folks resist (for good reasons, we want alternatives on the > desktop, don't we?) to a solution that is locked to MS products. > > Also (I think it was Stefano who pointed this out), installing > different versions of Mozilla side-by-side is no problem if needed, > whereas it is impossible with IE. This can cause some administration > fun if you need two different versions of IE (or even msxml I think) > for different applications. > > -- > Bertrand Delacrétaz (codeconsult.ch, jfor.org) > > buzzwords: XML, java, XSLT, cocoon, mentoring/teaching/coding. > disclaimer: eternity is very long. mostly towards the end. get ready. > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
