Tuesday, November 24, 1998

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My notes from the AOL-Sun press conference earlier today.

Mozilla.org: "Netscape is paying more than a hundred people full-time salaries to work on the Mozilla code base -- and to give their code away."

Press release: AOL strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems.

Reports: MSNBC, InfoWorld, AP, ABC, News.com.

Conference call at 9AM Pacific.

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Josh Brauer comments on my linking to a story about Apple a couple of days ago. I asked him to post this to the web, and I thank him for that. There is a misunderstanding. I point to pieces from Scripting News only because I think they're interesting. I often point to pieces I disagree with. A link from Scripting News says nothing more than I thought it was interesting. No other endorsement.

From sbove@ravenswood.com: "Apparently the ECU is going to outlaw cookies. And once they do, there are talks about embarking on a strategy of blocking traffic (via their telco routers -- there are only 5 telco monopolies in all of Europe, so they *can* do this), to a short list of major sites in the US that use cookies (Netscape, Yahoo, MSN, Excite, AOL)."

The Washington Post reports that talks between Netscape and AOL have bogged down over the side-deal with Sun.

SJ Merc's Miguel Helft on the role Sun is playing in the three-way deal.

Mozilla.org: RDF in 50 words or less.

Newsweek wonders what the ganja policy will be at a theme park in Florida.