Last off-topic post here (sorry to those who don't care): John wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out' on Tue, Oct 12 at 12:51: [...]
To Danny Sauer,et al: Your credentials are not in question, only the fact that ALL versions of Mozilla/Netscape/Firebird and others are very, very related in the code used to compile them! That cannot be denied,
And it's not denied. In fact, it's explicitly listed several times in the message that you replied to.
but AOL, if it even contributes to the Mozilla.org, is only one of many companies that do, and I wonder why you did not mention them?
If you go to mozilla.org, click "about", and read about the mozilla foundation, you'll see that AOL's Netscape division is the only contributor listed. I wonder why they don't list the other 500+ contributors?
If you use Linux, the Mozilla based browsers are the only real secure way to go. Sure you could use Wine and a MSFT product, but why?
I don't know. You're the only one suggesting that. I merely mentioned that Netscape is dead. Netscape is a company that makes a browser suite called Communicator. The current release of Communicator is little more than a skin on top of a browser that's made by a different company - The Mozilla Foundation. Netscape is not literally dead, but they're effectively irrelevant, because all of the useful development is happening at The Mozilla Foundation.
When you do so, all you are doing is using up cpu overhead you could have used for something else, plus you open yourself to all kinds of viruses and hackers!! If you use a laptop, this is even more pronounced a problem! Danny Sauer, I had hoped to ask you for some help on Linux, but it is obvious that is a waste of time, and I can guarantee you there are thousands of people on Linux that use Mozilla based products! Your credentials, obviously, do not cover accounting for total use of a product! :-(
If you had read my message, you would have noticed that I use Firefox on a daily basis. I'm the reason that Firefox is the standard browser on each and every Windows, Mac, and Linux workstation at my place of employ. I have personally installed mozilla-based browsers on hundreds of machines. "Creating Applications with Mozilla" is open on my desk right now. You would be hard-pressed to find someone who pushes Mozilla more than me. My love and respect for the gecko rendering engine + mozilla application platform in no way relates to the viability of the Netscape division of AOL, though. Not that I expect you to understand, but I figured I'd give you another chance. Everyone gets confused once in a while. As this has regressed into little more than a flame, though, this marks the end of my participation in this discussion. If you, John, still have a Linux question that you think I'd specifically be of help with, do feel free to ask. I will not hold earlier confusions against you. --Danny, who's exclusively used mozilla, on Linux, since the early beta versions (before Netscape Communicator 6 was released)