Re: Netscape announces position against GAK

>On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, James A. Donald wrote:
>
>> At 04:27 AM 12/9/95 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>> >Credit where credit is due.
>> >
>> >I for one am satisfied--and even pleased--with the Netscape position on GAK.
>> 
>> Well I for one, am serious unsatisfied, but it is not so bad as
>> to merit a campaign against Netscape.
>
>I think it's a good start.  I would like to see how much effort after 
>this really pans out.  Doesn't take much to put out a policy statement.  
>Takes a lot to follow it through.
>

Greetings all. May I also point out that the power of self government is at
least as effective when rewarding good behavior as when punishing bad. You
guys are the experts in this particular political niche, but from the
viewpoint of a more or less innocent stander-by, the statement sounded to me
like "OK, we went, we listened, they were full of shit, the line is HERE."
and I'm quite satisfied.
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"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Ginger Warbis wrote:

> >On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, James A. Donald wrote:
> >
> >> At 04:27 AM 12/9/95 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
> >> >Credit where credit is due.
> >> >
> >> >I for one am satisfied--and even pleased--with the Netscape position on GAK.
> >> 
> >> Well I for one, am serious unsatisfied, but it is not so bad as
> >> to merit a campaign against Netscape.
> >
> >I think it's a good start.  I would like to see how much effort after 
> >this really pans out.  Doesn't take much to put out a policy statement.  
> >Takes a lot to follow it through.
> >
> 
> Greetings all. May I also point out that the power of self government is at
> least as effective when rewarding good behavior as when punishing bad. You
> guys are the experts in this particular political niche, but from the
> viewpoint of a more or less innocent stander-by, the statement sounded to me
> like "OK, we went, we listened, they were full of shit, the line is HERE."
> and I'm quite satisfied.

I haven't seen 'good behavior' worth much notice yet.  Like I said, it 
takes about 10 minutes to come up with a written policy.  Netscape may 
have done more than that, but who's to say?

I'll be impressed when I see a sustained record of activism on the issue.
Till then they are slimy corporate types.  Which, IMHO, is fine so long 
as they don't claim to be anything else.

> --
> Bill & or Ginger Warbis
> WebMaster@Fornits.com - http://fornits.com/
> "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
> Tacitus, Roman senator and historian (A.D. c.56- c.115)
> 
> 

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