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1998-01-22 - Re: Why no “Banner Ad Eaters”?

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From: John Blair <jdblair@frodo.tucc.uab.edu>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Message ID: <199801222241.QAA04237@frodo.tucc.uab.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1998-01-22 22:55:26 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 06:55:26 +0800

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From: John Blair <jdblair@frodo.tucc.uab.edu>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 06:55:26 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Why no "Banner Ad Eaters"?
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tcmay@got.net said:
> Yeah, I'm surprised that "banner ad eaters" have not been widely
> deployed. (If they're available, I haven't about them.) Something to
> remove the annoying banners, or stop them from wasting valuable time
> loading in the first place.

Netscape just announced that they're going to release the source code 
to Communicator 5.0 with a license that allows modification and 
redistribution "in the heritage of the GNU Public License."  No 
details on the specific license yet, but it sounds *very* hopeful.

The point is... we *will* be able to add all the funky new features 
we want.  Complaining about the browser will no longer be acceptable 
now that we will be able to *do* something about it.  It also means 
that Microsoft will get to compete head-to-head with a real free 
software model.  This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what 
the free software model can do.  I can already envision non-Netscape 
"distributions," custom browser modifications for big customers, etc.

More info here:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/980122/ca_netscap_3.html
http://www.yahoo.com/headlines/980122/business/stories/netscape_1.html
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980122.ehnetcode.htm


 -john.




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