[NCLUG] Netscape Instability

[Quent]

I was mostly just being facitious :-)

A good, lightweight, GPL'd web browser would be mighty nice to have.

	Quent

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:17:12PM -0500, R P Herrold wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Quent wrote:
> 
> > Those hangs are just from the time it takes to report back to central
> > headquarters about who is going where :-)
> >
> > Uh, not really...
> >    could be though;
> >        they wouldn't really do that, would they?
> 
> ... Enable in Netscape "What's Related" and "Smart Browsing",
> and watch a TCPdump trace .  Compare to the same with those
> options turned off.
> 
> Of course they do report back ... But at least they say so, if
> you dig for and read the docs, and consider the implications
> of how they work.
> 
> Ditto, of course, the Multicast report backs of the MicroSoft
> products, and the QuickBooks product. (A good reason to block
> the Multi-cast range at the outbound firewall ...)
> 
> Encode in the MAC address (world-wide unique with clerical
> exceptions), and the SPA has an airtight 'Software Piracy'
> case.
> 
> Aren't you glad you use software with a license with Freedom
> built in?  Thanks, RMS, et al.
> 
> -- Russ
> 
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