From: ethridge@Onramp.NET (Allen B. Ethridge)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 95 20:42:12 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Netscape the Big Win
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TCMay:
>
>Why is this important?
>
>I believe, quite strongly, that we are headed toward a situation where the
>large majority of Net/Web users are using some variant of Netscape, or
>Mosaic/MacWeb/etc. (but probably Netscape, for various reasons).
>
>Integration of crypto into Netscape is thus the Big Win.
>
>I felt this was the case as far back as last fall, but my recent
>experiences tell me this is more important than ever. Integration of PGP
>and other crypto routines into Tin, Pine, Elm, Joe, Emacs, etc., is just
>not as important.
>
>...
>
>(I'm not saying one has to stand in line for the August IPO of Netscape
>Communications, but the overall market will favor the Web browsers,
>especially Netscape.)
>
>The relevance for Cypherpunks interested in writing code is that, in my
>carefully considered opinion, writing for Netscape and other Web browsers
>is the Big Win. Even over Windows (except Windows browsers, of course).
>
>--Tim May

I only have time to keep up with my mailing lists on the weekend, so these
may have been mentioned, but...

Didn't Netscape get the short end of a major banking alliance recently?
And wasn't Microsoft's network and security software favored by that?

Has anyone here messed about with PDAs/PICs?  The Apple Newton doesn't have
much in the way of communication, but MagicCap based boxes such as Sony's
Magic Link have an awful lot of (as yet unrealized) potential.  I see as much
promise/threat for communications security in the newer PDA/PIC devices as
in Netscape.

But then i also want Netscape to invoke Eudora for mail and Newswatcher for
news, rather than having to use the as yet unstable Netscape tools.


        allen