RE: Comments on Netscape/Alpha on ftp.alphalinux.org? (fwd)

["Hoover, Tony" <hoover sal ksu edu>]

Can those of us who started with the (licensed) libraries and downloaded
communicator from netscape "stand up and be counted" also?
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Tony Hoover, Network Administrator 
KSU - Salina, College of Technology
mailto:hoover@sal.ksu.edu

"Don't Blend in..."
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> From: 	Rich Payne[SMTP:rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org]
> Reply To: 	axp-list@redhat.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, January 27, 2000 10:52 AM
> To: 	axp-list@redhat.com; axp-software@alphalinux.org
> Subject: 	RE: Comments on Netscape/Alpha on ftp.alphalinux.org? (fwd)
> 
> 
> I have just received this email from Compaq, it seems they are the only
> ones authorized to distribute the Netscpe RPM so it has been removed from
> ftp.alphalinux.org
> 
> You must now register via the Compaq webiste to be able to download the
> RPM.
> http://www.compaq.com/partners/netscape/downloads/register_nav4_Linux.html
> 
> --rdp
> 
> Rich Payne
> rpayne@alphalinux.org			www.alphalinux.org
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> I would like to correct this point that the license agreement for
> distribution from Netscape requires us to track downloads. 
> 
> We request that you remove the kit from the public ftp site ASAP.
> 
> In a more practical perspective.  The more people we can show who download
> the software kit, the greater the credibility that Alpha Linux will
> receive
> in the market.  The more credibility, the greater the investment in
> resources by Netscape (and Compaq) in providing more and better tools on
> the
> platform.  We need to show that Alpha is a credible Linux platform vs.
> x86.
> 
> 
> While this is a business and marketing argument, we need to make the case
> to
> be sure that future kits will be available.
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