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When proprietary companies go open source

When proprietary companies go open sourceThe elephant in the room[i]Let’s not pretend, though, that it’s a move proprietary companies make when they are successful…which explains the trend.[/i]Yup, that's it -- IBM is a failing company and turned Eclipse loose in desperation.John, you remain fixated on the model of "software for...

Tags: Java development tools, Tools & Techniques, Eclipse, IBM Corp., software, Sun Microsystems Inc., software company, open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

When proprietary companies go open source

I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...

Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Microsoft is hellbent on bringing touch to you

Microsoft is hellbent on bringing touch to youMicrosoft's thinking:"Well, touch is used on the iPhone and iPod, and they're selling like crazy, so let's put it in Windows, and it will sell like crazy, too."Does anyone really believe that Microsoft's implementation of the touch interface will equal or exceed Apple's...

Tags: Tablets, Keyboards, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, annotation program, multi-touch, keyboard, tablet PC, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary software

Stallman hopes to save children from proprietary softwareA comment and a typo to correctFirst the typo:[i]Sugar, even on Windows, always *was* and always will be open source. [/i]At least I think that's what you meant to say.[i]But let’s not throw babies out with bathwaters. Just because Ferraris are fun cars...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Stallman, Netscape Communications Corp., software, proprietary software

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to Firefox

Brendan Eich: From Netscape Navigator to FirefoxHelloThis is a good video.

Tags: Web browsers, Brendan Eich, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-04-10

RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headaches

RealPlayer: More ActiveX security headachesMS disabled Netscape plugins in IE5.5 SP2 w/o warningThey claimed after the fact it was for security reasons. ActiveX is FAR more of a problem since it was designed to do any and everything the operating system could do. IE is it's self an...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web browsers, Middleware, Digital music, Digital media, security, ActiveX, plug-in, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscape Plugins, ActiveX Control, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Netscape Communications Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-03-11

Netscape Navigator X (dmg)

Netscape Navigator X is a browser-only release. It does not contain an e-mail client, newsgroup reader, or HTML composer. Users of the Netscape 7.x suite may choose not to install Netscape Navigator 9 to avoid the loss of these features. You can have the best of both worlds by keeping...

Tags: Netscape Communications Corp., Netscape Navigator, Netscape Navigator X, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2008-03-03

Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasm

Tempering+the+EC%27s+antitrust+enthusiasmCompetition vs. consumersYour second pre-condition for evaluating the appropriateness of anti-trust regulation was "Whether the regulations actually result in better systems that benefit consumers."Worth noting that "better" is a subjective decision, and an ambitious regulator would in effect be asked to judge whether his power grab made the world a...

Tags: Web browsers, Regulations, Litigation, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+Firefox

Netscape+eulogy%3A+Use+Flock+and+FirefoxAOL is like Caroline Kennedy's Boeing777...with everything you would expectFairwell Netscape we can only believe you will find a new home in some preprietary search as part of many midline and large corporations handling a multitude of employees. have fun at your New! job.RE: Netscape eulogy: Use Flock and FirefoxWhat's...

Tags: Web browsers, E-mail clients, Microsoft Windows Vista, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

Netscape eulogy: Use Flock and Firefox

The last Netscape upgrade notice has gone out and it's a eulogy of sorts. The message: Our browser is dead and will not be supported as of March 1 use Flock or Firefox. Here's the message you get: It's a...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Netscape Communications Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-22

Netscape wins one month from executioner

Netscape wins one month from executionerRE: Netscape wins one month from executionerReskinning will not preserve functionality and software meant to run with Netscape is doomed. Netscape is well done multifunctional browser. It will be just a loss to stop its support...R.I.P. Netscape?We installed Mosaic, we installed MacWeb, but then immediately...

Tags: Web browsers, Netscape Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

Propeller Tracker (xpi)

Follow the latest news, votes, and comments on the news at Propeller.com with this auto-updating sidebar. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Netscape Communications Corp., News

Software downloads 2008-01-22

Propeller News (xpi)

Displays the latest news stories from Propeller.com in a top-level News menu and sidebar. You can customize which channels are displayed in the menu, and clicking on an article brings you directly to the story, not an intermediate summary page. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Menu, Netscape Communications Corp.

Software downloads 2008-01-22

Netscape Navigator (exe)

In addition to high-speed browsing and instant-messaging capabilities, Netscape features one-click searching from the address bar; Quick Launch, which reduces the browser start-up time; Click-to-Search, which allows users to select a word within a Web page and search; improved instant messaging, including support for buddy icons, file transfers, and buddy...

Tags: IM, Netscape Communications Corp., Netscape Navigator, Web Browser, Instant Messaging, Web Browsers, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2007-12-17

Analog (hqx)

Stephen Turners Analog is the best Web server log analysis tool around. Its fast, flexible, easy to use, and it produces attractive output. We provide a Macintosh translation of Analog, and also an NSAPI module that lets Netscape Web servers produce NCSA combined log format so that Netscape users can...

Tags: Web Server, Netscape Communications Corp., Server, Stephen Turners Analog, Web Servers, Internet

Software downloads 2007-12-14

Modern Modoki (jar)

Modern Modoki is a theme for Mozilla Firefox that is based on the Fusion theme for Netscape 8, with color scheme of Modern theme on Netscape 6/7 and Mozilla Suite.

Tags: Theme, Netscape Communications Corp., Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2007-11-29

Netscape plays catch up with security patches

America Online has shipped version 9.0.0.4 of its alternative Netscape browser to incorporate the last batch of Firefox security patches. Netscape has a long-standing problem of always being late with Firefox patches but, with this update, it's clear that AOL is making the effort to keep pace...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, America Online Inc., Netscape Communications Corp., Secunia, Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-11-28

Is Facebook the next Netscape?

Is Facebook the next Netscape?facebook is well establishedJust like hotmail, the client base was there...when you have something that is 'good enough' its difficult to justify switching to something new.Besides interoperability will be the biggest challenge because almost everyone I know or they know is on facebook already. That...

Tags: Web browsers, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Facebook, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

Is Facebook the next Netscape?

Marc Andreessen's Ning team has put together a screencast and screenshots of OpenSocial in action. He notes that the examples are a little light on social functionality at this point, but they are working on getting user's friends information and activities feeds into the applications. For...

Tags: Facebook, Marc Andreessen, Netscape Communications Corp., Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-01

Opera, Netscape ship 'critical' browser patches

Opera, Netscape ship 'critical' browser patchesDoes this affect firefox/mozilla?Do any of these problems affect firefox or moz?

Tags: Patches, Web browsers, browser patch, Opera Software, Netscape Communications Corp., patch management, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-10-17