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If AOL's going to promote Netscape, they need to do it for real and not worry about whether they're going to offend MS (they will). If they're not going to promote Netscape, then they should assign the trademarks and amy remaining proprietory code to the Mozilla Foundation and get on with business.

There are precious few MS policies I agree with, but "eat your own dog food" is one. AOL owns Netscape; they paid good money for it. If they're serious about promoting it, they (and their corporate parent, Time/Warner) should be using it internally; they should make it the default browser on their system (with IE available to those who want it) and they should stop using other people's code in preference to their own. Above all, they need to start treating MS as a competitor, instead of as a strategic ally.

By promoting Netscape, AOL will offend MS and will open themselves up to retaliation. That's the price you pay to compete. If the price is too high, then stop pretending.
Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 10/13/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Who Cares?  coffeenite | 10/13/04
I can save AOL....at least some money  Monkey_MCSE | 10/13/04
no kidding, they should use Mozilla  V Sanders | 10/14/04
Exactly -- Who cares  bugmenotznet | 10/14/04
AOL/Microsoft  Joe Blow_z | 10/13/04
Time-Warner was calling the shots  jjon2121 | 10/13/04
Lip service  alterego_z | 10/13/04
Nav is not Comm  dfowensby | 10/13/04
7.2 really is  Bill4 | 10/13/04
What is AOL doing?  Anton Philidor | 10/13/04
What is AOHell doing?  jheine | 10/13/04
Standalone IE still exists.  Anton Philidor | 10/13/04
RE: What is AOHell Doing?  johnsha | 10/15/04
Could it be...  Michael Kelly | 10/13/04
They already extended the IE agreement.  Anton Philidor | 10/13/04
Once a year they claim Netscape will rise again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/13/04
Usually when...  Michael Kelly | 10/13/04
Except...  John L. Ries | 10/13/04
If Firefox's success continues, it just might  CobraA1 | 10/13/04
Solution to MS threat - international UN-like integration (OSS). (NT)  Vily Clay | 10/13/04
Make up your minds  John L. Ries | 10/13/04
I agree  CobraA1 | 10/13/04
What a bunch of *_NOISE_* !!  Eggs Ackley_z | 10/14/04
For once we agree.  bugmenotznet | 10/14/04
Netscape: Bowed but not broken  windy@... | 10/14/04
optimization  jbaviera@... | 02/02/05
Netscape 7.2 Beats Firefox in Rendering Pages  mooreman_z | 10/14/04
RE: Netscape 7.2 Beats Firefox in Rendering Pages  jbaviera@... | 02/02/05
Netscape is broken  KLandis317@... | 10/14/04

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