From: marca@mcom.com (Marc Andreessen)
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 94 14:44:36 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: BofA+Netscape
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In article <9412111647.AA23311@tadpole.tadpole.com>, db@Tadpole.COM (Doug Barnes) wrote:

> I'll throw in that from the perspective of someone running a server,
> their approach of requesting all graphics simultaneously over 
> different sockets in the name of client performance is disastrous. 
> This causes most servers to fork N times more per page, where N is 
> the avg. # of graphics.

That's just plain not true.  Servers don't fork any more often
with Netscape than they do with other clients -- EVER.

> but some have speculated that this was done deliberately in order 
> sabotage server software other than their own.

That's also just plain not true, and completely unsubstantiated.

Marc

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Marc Andreessen
Netscape Communications Corp.
Mountain View, CA
marca@mcom.com