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Re: Why no "Banner Ad Eaters"?
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[email protected] said:
> Yeah, I'm surprised that "banner ad eaters" have not been widely
> deployed. (If they're available, I haven't about them.) Something to
> remove the annoying banners, or stop them from wasting valuable time
> loading in the first place.
Netscape just announced that they're going to release the source code
to Communicator 5.0 with a license that allows modification and
redistribution "in the heritage of the GNU Public License." No
details on the specific license yet, but it sounds *very* hopeful.
The point is... we *will* be able to add all the funky new features
we want. Complaining about the browser will no longer be acceptable
now that we will be able to *do* something about it. It also means
that Microsoft will get to compete head-to-head with a real free
software model. This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what
the free software model can do. I can already envision non-Netscape
"distributions," custom browser modifications for big customers, etc.
More info here:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980122/ca_netscap_3.html
http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/980122/business/stories/netscape_1.html
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980122.ehnetcode.htm
-john.
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