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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!nwfocus.wa.com!news.omnigroup.com!news From: wjs@omnigroup.com (William Shipley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXTBSD - 4.4BSD For NeXTstep machines ? Date: 7 Feb 1996 04:42:59 GMT Organization: Omni Development, Inc. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4f9akj$2co@gaea.titan.org> References: <4e84c1$m0n@axl02it.ntc.nokia.com> <4f2h1e$jo9@pub02.va.pubnix.com> <Pine.NXT.3.92.960204125419.17765B-100000@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: foom.omnigroup.com X-Newsreader: Alexandra.app (Version 0.81) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.next.misc:38717 comp.sys.next.programmer:22783 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2164 comp.sys.next.advocacy:32702 Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote: >>All I'm looking for is a stock 4.4BSD based OS, like NetBSD. >It would also open up the possibility of running real Web browsers, >instead of trash like OmniWeb. When a dinky 68030 Mac PowerBook 165c does >a better job on the Web than an "insanely great" NEXTSTEP system, that >says something very sad. I'd find it easier to accept your criticism of OmniWeb if (a) it were more specific in its complaints, (b) you weren't self-admittedly someone who wants to leave NEXTSTEP for BSD, or (c) you didn't have an old vendetta against me and my company dating from back when we were stuck at the UW as well. Calling OmniWeb "trash" gives me nothing I can fix to please you, and thus makes it clear that all you really want is to be heard whining. If you don't like a piece of free software, and feel you must complain, couldn't you at least be specific? Most people love OmniWeb, many customers prefer it to Netscape. OmniWeb 2.0 is the ONLY browser in existence on any platform that implements all the functionality that Netscape 2.0 has (well, besides Netscape), and we have a search panel and bookmarks that no other browser has. If you can find another browser that supports frames, tables, in-line JPEGs, true multi-threading, loadable bundles, side-aligned images, and everything else we do, I invite you to compare it to OmniWeb and let us know how we come out. -Wil