Netscape Comments on BetaTuesday February 15th, 2000A reader named "(if)" has for us a piece from LinuxToday on Netcenter's growing member base. The interesting part of the piece, however, is Netcenter's Senior Vice President and General Manager Jim Martin stating that the beta will be coming out within 60 days. You probably knew that already, but it's interesting that they're starting to talk more openly about it now. You should also note that they're not "releasing" a product as was reported elsewhere. What exactly do you mean by "not 'releasing' a product"? #2 Not 'final' product as was implied elsewhere (n/t)by mozineAdmin Wednesday February 16th, 2000 5:40 AM
#6 Re: Not 'final' product as was implied elsewhere (by danielhill Thursday February 17th, 2000 5:22 AM So there won't be a Netscape Communicator 5.0 or whatever, is that right? So what's your average Joe Blow going to download and use? A nightly build? I'm sorry, I just don't understand what this means. They are going to be releasing a "beta" not a "final release" in spring. Not to defend CNET at all, but I still don't see why a final release couldn't come by late June. Once the beta's out it's all bug-quashing from there. That gives them about 2 months if beta comes out in April. Looks like m15 will be the new beta target. Whee! I have an RFE http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21521 scheduled for M15, and it hasn't been pushed back. Maybe I'll see it in beta! <dances gleefully> To my knowledge the CNET stories have said 6.0 comes out this spring. Spring lasts until late June. I'm not seeing how this is a problem. I wouldn't read-into anything C|Net says about mozilla. If c-net is that inaccurate then why does Netscape use it for the Netcenter site? #10 Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive (n/t)by mozineAdmin Thursday February 17th, 2000 7:44 AM
#12 Re: Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusive (nby Tanyel Thursday February 17th, 2000 3:43 PM Is it possible to explain that in other words? It seems to me that you just told me C-Net and Netcenter are not necessarily sharing in being exclusive and I am quite confused. #14 Re: Re: Those aren't necessarily mutually exclusivby mozineAdmin Friday February 18th, 2000 7:56 AM You stated, "If c-net is that inaccurate then why does Netscape use it for the Netcenter site?" It was obviously a rhetorical question; you implied that if CNet was inaccurate, Netcenter wouldn't use them. And I stated that they aren't necessarily mutually exclusive, by which I meant that CNet printing inaccuracies and Netcenter utilizing CNet's feed can both be occurring (one doesn't necessarily *not* occur because the other *is* occurring). Netcenter's use of CNet's feed does not imply that CNet's news is free from inaccuracies. I think I understand now. You thought I was saying C-Net is accurate because Netcenter uses it. I do not trust C-net any more than I trust Microsoft, AOL, or escaped convicts who try to get me alone with them. I was not trying to imply that C-net is accurate because Netcenter uses it. I was asking why Netcenter would use a news service that is known to be horrible, especially one that often publishes inaccurate information about Netscape and Mozilla. The article was about a report written by someone who saw AOL's presentations. While CNET's coverage of Mozilla isn't always the greatest, with this article all they were doing is restating the report. I also think you're overdoing the "CNET is inaccurate" thing. They were just picked up as an AP news source and I think overall they do okay, although sometimes their reporters tend to glaze over certain obvious angles, etc., and one in particular that covers Mozilla has annoyed us to no end. Also, it looks like Netcenter is using CNN.com now. |