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[openbeos] Re: To Whom may interest... (I wanna be a beta-tester...)

  • From: DarkWyrm <bpmagic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 20:27:36 -0400
>>BeOS doesn't include these applications, neither does/did Windows when
>>the design and business plan was laid out.  NetPositive absolutely
>>competed, and in most ways outdid IE1 or 2.  Noting that Windows did not
>>include either of these until Windows 95 and NT 4.  Even then they need
>>huge improvements before becoming competitive at the IE3 level.  
>
>Net+'s loss was a BIG mistake. I *hope* that we can get source for it.
A couple things we can take comfort in if we can't get Net+'s source: 
NetOptimist and Konqueror for AtheOS. Both are under active development and 
either could be worth looking into. My $0.02. :^)

--DarkWyrm






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