Sam Ruby wrote: > Doug Bateman wrote: > >> >> Sorry, I just don't measure success in terms of defeating Microsoft. And >> I'd wager Gandi's goal wasn't to defeat Britian, but to free India. >> Hopefully, Apache feels the same way. Last I checked, beating Microsoft >> was never mentioned in the Apache mission statement. > > +1
I was diving into old posts on the mailing archive, and came up with this quote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > ... the real aim of the Apache project is to keep the internet > open. M$ might well get 100% market share of http browsers, but it > will not be able to turn http into some stupid over-blown proprietary > protocol until Apache exists. And since Apache is made by all of you, > on every hosted project, this will hardly be conquered by any > commercial company or by any single government (US citizens be > careful: next M$ move against Apache will be lobbying with the US > government to change the rules). > >This goal is much more important than anything else. > > Stefano. [http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-general&m=86951909304870&w=2] -- Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] - verba volant, scripta manent - (discussions get forgotten, just code remains) --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
