JTK wrote:
> Just wanted to make sure nobody thought that Netscape is any different
> now than it was when Netscape 6.0 was released. From
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,44617,00.html:
>
> "Netscape 6 was absolutely the right product at the right time. It
> delivered the standards support the market was clamoring for," said Sol
> Goldfarb, director of browser product marketing for Netscape, an AOL
> subsidiary.
>
> BAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHHAHHAAHHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHHHAHHAHAHAHAAHAA!!!!!!!
>
> The defense rests.
>
Apparently you want people reading this to believe there was only one
paragraph. There's a whole lot more .. and VERY favorable to boot, to wit:
=========================================================================
Preview Release 1, the first of two betas, was released last week.
Netscape developers took into account all the feedback the browser had
gotten in the six months since 6.0 was released, Goldfarb said.
For starters page loads are far faster, for two reasons. First is
optimizing the code base by continuous feedback, both from end-users and
the open source developers helping the company through its Mozilla project.
Analyst Lydia Loizides, who follows Web services for Jupiter Research,
wouldn't speculate on whether Netscape will or won't abandon the PC
browser market, but says the company is still viable in the market.
"Whether they sit at 20 or 25 percent of marketshare, that's still a
quarter of the online population," she said. "Whether they can build an
effective migration strategy remains to be seen."
=========================================================================
