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Sima Desai  
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 More options Jan 13 1995, 8:52 pm
Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.misc
From: sd9...@ehibm5.cen.uiuc.edu (Sima Desai)
Date: 14 Jan 1995 01:52:32 GMT
Local: Fri, Jan 13 1995 8:52 pm
Subject: Re: FAQ: Netscape Communications and our products

QR...@cts.com (Dan Empfield) writes:
>Q: If NCC was to do as many of you propose,to continue to let those of you
>who helped test the original version of this product use it N/C, how
>exactly would NCC ever realize a profit from this project?

A1: 2.0 with new whiz bang feateres.
A2: Selling thousand's of servers for $5000 each outta do it.
A3: Who gives a rat's ass, paying for their promises is their problem.

>after xx/xx/94 please send $39").  Maybe I'm missing something.  Maybe you
>can make a fortune off of selling server software.  I don't know.  

  My perception is that Netscape purposely released a product that was a
total BITCH on servers (multiple connections, one for the html document,
and another for each and every inline gif. Current servers fork off a
separate process for each conncetion) with the intent of making a whiz-
bang server that doesn't fork off a separate process.  Netscape servers
would then be NEEDED because other servers would be comparably bogged
down by greedy, resource-grabbing Netscape clients.  Netscape has a
great server, it's fast as hell becasue it doesnt fork off a process
for each connection, which entails huge overhead.  It's really a great
scam, except that Netscape is millions in the hole and desperate for
cash right about now.  So they backed out on free copies for personal
use.

  I think Netscape has a few not-perfectly-clean schemes going on,
but I don't think they were ever thinking "Let's tell they can have it
for free to get free beta-testing."  Maybe I'm wrong.


 
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