Re: Netscape Code

[Christopher Pall <x97pall@wmich.edu>]

James Love wrote:

> This whole thing reminds me of John Perry Barlow's prediction that
> copyright will be replaced by free information, with large institutions
> paying for development costs.
>
> But maybe its that, and maybe it's a different (even if it is much more
> interesting) version of the ECCO story.    Question is, will NS continue
> to fund R&D on the code?  Jamie
>

I personally don't see why Netscape won't continue R&D on the code unless the
code they release is as far as they really need to take it. (And want to pursue
other "features" you might say)

I would actually think this might increase their R&D on the code for a couple
of reasons

1) Gotta change the code enough to make it "useful" for a new version
2) You've got the entire world browsing through your code now, improvements are
bound to be made


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                       Christopher Pall
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                          ThinkBiz
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