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From: apc@enterprise.net (Adrian Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape's server NSAPI doesn't support BSD/OS
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 95 15:41:21 GMT
Organization: Enterprise PLC
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>
>In <NEWTNews.30367.804642015.Oded@fortune.netvision.net.il>, 
fortune@netvision.net.il writes:
>>
>>I was surprised to discover that Netscape server NSAPI (CGI replacment),
>>doesn't support BSDI, although other features would run on BSDI.
>>
>>BSD/OS being the only Intel OS that support Netscape's server, does it 
>>mean I cannot use NSAPI on Intel machines?
>
>Not true!  It MAY be the only Intel UNIX platform, but it's supported on
>Windows NT.  Check it out!
>
>     Wally
>

Netscape advise me that notwitstanding the apparent lack of the required 
"mechanism" within BSDI to support NSAPI, they are in fact working on a 
solution, and hope to have NSAPI for BSDI 2.0 in a couple of months time.

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