To: jls11 AT po DOT cwru DOT edu
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: third time out.
Message-ID: <19980416.214906.8767.3.editor@juno.com>
References: <199804162319 DOT TAA04836 AT kanga DOT ins DOT cwru DOT edu>
From: editor AT juno DOT com (Bruce Morgen)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 21:49:28 EDT
Precedence: bulk


On Thu, 16 Apr 1998 19:19:34 -0400 (EDT) jls11 AT po DOT cwru DOT edu (John L.
Spetz) writes:
>Reply to message from dtwo AT sympatico DOT ca of Thu, 16 Apr
>>
>>Yes, you CAN run Netscape without WIN95.  There is still a Windows
>>3.11 version.  But, if Netscape has any sense at all, they would make 
>a
>>full plain DOS version.  Then see how many people really need 
>Windows.
>>-Dean Dancey   And, yes, I would gladly PAY for a DOS only version.
>>DO YOU HEAR THAT, NETSCAPE????? <BG>
>>
>
>According to wire reports Netscape has decided to release the source
>code to Netscape Communicator.  This was apparently announced at
>a meeting to promote freeware held last week by such heavy weights in 
>the 
>freeware world as Linus Torvalds of Linux fame and Phil Zimmerman who
>wrote the original PGP.  If this report is accurate any takers to port
>Navigator or Communicator to DJGPP?  Hopefully the source has not 
>become too deeply mired in WIN32 API crap already.
>
Any Win32 entanglements would 
have to be conditional, since 
there are Win 3.1x, Mac, and 
Unix/Linux builds of the 
package.  A DOS build would 
need a Sockets equivalent and 
and extensive (VESA-based?) 
graphics code of some kind as 
well an extended memory 
interface.  It's a big project 
and one that's likely to wind 
up clunky lookingcompared to 
the other versions -- compare 
the DOS and Windows versions of 
Adobe's Acrobat reader to what 
what I mean.

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