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Re: Where is Netscape Communicator?



Jack Holt wrote:
> 
> At 12:38 PM 7/25/97 -0400, Colin R. Telmer wrote:
> >On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Matt Kazmar wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Pedro I. Sanchez wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm trying to download the latest beta of Communicator (b6 I believe)
> >> > but I can't find it in any of the ftp[12..].netscape.com sites (actually
> >> > it seems I can't find any unix version at all!). Can anybody tell me
> >> > where is it?
> >>
> >> I found the version I'm using in
> >> ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.01/4.01b6/english/unix/other/
> >
> >I had the same problem. Actually, it is somewhat strange that you can find
> >it on the ftp site at netscape but none of there web pages list a linux
> >version. Weird.
> 
> Isn't the reason for this that it's unsupported?  Netscape just builds
> a linux version as a courtesy?  (Someone correct me if I'm misinformed.)
> 


It is unsupported by Netscape, but I believe Caldera has picked up
support for it in its products.  That is, I think they bundle it or
otherwise sell it.

The guy who does the unix builds at Netscape takes pride in porting the
client to various unix platforms (as do some of the developers), and
some of the original developers there (mostly unix users) like linux
along with all of the other unix platforms.  In fact, it is rumored that
some of the best field bug reports on the unix client came from linux
users using that unsupported version...

-dh

(I guess I should disclaim that by saying that everything above is my
opinion, and does not represent the views or intentions of [NSCP] my
previous employer.)


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