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Titolo: Communicator 5.0 Freeware ???

La Netscape rende pubblico il codice sorgente di Communicator 5.0 e lancia
gratuitamente la versione "Unlimited Distribution" di Communicator, praticamente
Freeware!
PS. molto presto vedremo Communicator su Amiga :)
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Communicator to be freeware
 
By Alex Lash and Courtney Macavinta
   January 22, 1998, 11:20 a.m. PT
update
Netscape Communications (NSCP) did what almost everyone expected
today by announcing free availability of its standard-edition browser
products. More surprisingly, however, the company also will give away
the source code of the next generation of its Communicator suite, a
move that could affect the company's entire development structure.
The free-browser move has been expected for weeks, as company
executives have broadly hinted that such a move was necessary to stay
competitive with Microsoft, which gives away its Internet Explorer
browser for free. Netscape has remained the dominant browser company,
but Microsoft's market share has grown to roughly 40 percent since
IE's release. Consequently, Netscape's revenue stream from its
browser has steadily eroded, resulting in an expected loss for the
fourth quarter of 1997 and about 400 layoffs.
By giving away the source code of Communicator 5.0, as the
next-generation Internet software suite will be called, Netscape will
match Microsoft's strategy to let developers use the underlying
browser "engine" to power third-party applications. The source code
will be available on the Web later this quarter as the first beta of
Communicator 5.0.
In exchange for the free license, developers will agree to post their
modifications of the source code on a developer community site
Netscape plans to launch. Netscape will then fold the best
third-party enhancements back into their own branded versions of the
product, effectively using outside developers to evolve the product.
Executive vice president Mike Homer declined to elaborate when asked
if this will result in a reduction of development staff.
Modified versions of the browser will not have Netscape logo.
However, the company will encourage software developers to distribute
their product on the Netcenter Web site, chief executive Jim
Barksdale said.
The free-browser initiative, called "Unlimited Distribution," and the
source-code giveaway will also drive more Web surfers to  Netcenter,
which gathers online commerce, software sales, headline news, and
other services to attract advertising dollars.
This stream has become increasingly important to the company and
should account for about 17 percent of its fourth-quarter revenue.
Executives have calling Netscape both an enterprise software company
and an online service company.
PC manufacturers, Net service providers, telecommunications
companies, Web publishers, and software makers will now be able to
redistribute the standard versions of Netscape Communicator and
Navigator for free. (The Communicator Professional product, which
adds software administration, terminal emulation, and a scheduler,
will remain a for-fee product at $29.)
Starting January 23, Netscape will allow companies to enroll in the
online distribution program through its Web site. Partners then will
get access to a special download page for Netscape's new
"distribution version."
"The Unlimited Distribution program is aimed at doing just
that--making it easy for thousands of partners to freely distribute
and millions of individuals to freely choose Netscape Navigator and
Communicator," he added. "We have also just made it easier for our
OEM [original equipment manufacturer] partners to include Netscape
Navigator and Communicator on both servers and desktop computers, so
their customers no longer have to settle for anything less than the
market-leading browser."
The news comes the same day as word of a settlement between the
Justice Department and Microsoft regarding Justice's contempt claim.
Microsoft has agreed to immediately provide OEMs with the most
up-to-date version of Windows 95 without the Internet Explorer Web
browser. (See related story)
Barksdale and other company executives hailed the settlement, calling
it an added opportunity for Netscape to make deals with PC makers and
other redistributors of software. They refused, however, to discuss
any future deals.
 
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Byez!
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avevo avuto questa notizia già da altre fonti ma non ci credevo, mi
sembrava troppo bello... :)
  ed ora, via a cassare Motif, così non ci sarà più storia con l'IE...
:)
    MP.
  "Software is like sex: it's better when it's free..."
    (Linus Torvalds)
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Tel. +39.6.7186329                    | Legge di Murphy: se qualcosa può
http://www.ccda.uniroma2.it/~pietrobo
 |    andar male, lo farà.

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OOOHHHH!!!
Finalmente qualcuno che ha capito come funziona il mercato. 
Questa era l'unica possibilita' che restava a Communicator, e per fortuna se ne
sono accorti. Ora speriamo che tutti comprendano la portata di questo!
Ciao,
e....vogliamoci bene, che il resto, e' nulla.
Alecs®
rimuovi il "detersivo" se mi vuoi scrivere!

 PS. molto presto vedremo Communicator su Amiga :)
Non è che mi dici anche dove lo trovo e come posso fare una volta che
l'ho trovato? Si trova anche già compilato?
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 l'ho trovato? Si trova anche già compilato?
La versione 4.04 standard (ora freeware) la trovi sul sito della Netscape.
La 5.0 ancora non è uscita, comunque sembra che ci sarà la versione già
compilata, ed in più sarà disponibile il codice sorgente.
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Paolo Vece - 
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