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Source: Loren Bandiera, http://catbert.istar.ca/os2/
Reply-to: lorenb@inforamp.net
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[10/29/97] - TCP/IP and Netscape News

Timur Tabi (ttabi@crystal.cirrus.com) sent e-mail to Mike Lawrie
(mlawrie@us.ibm.com) (head of PSP) asking about a free client  version
of TCP/IP v4.1, which was released recently but only available to
people who subscribed to Software Choice
(http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/swchoice/)

Lynne More (PSP, Customer Satisfaction Management) told him:

"While we realize that some customers may only want components  of
TCP/IP 4.1 for the client, the product was targeted for customers
needing the features of TCP/IP 4.1 for their client/server environment.
 We are continually assessing our development investments based on 
customer feedback and  will consider alternative packaging."

>From there it broke off into basically a sales pitch for Software
Choice.  Not the best of news, but the most disturbing thing for I'm
sure a lot of people was this quote:

"IBM is integrating Java 1.1 support into the current  OS/2 Netscape
browser,Navigator 2.02.  This refresh of  the 2.02 browser will be
available in early 1998, and will be a free feature on Software Choice.
 Netscape Version 4.0 will also include Java 1.1 integration, with
planned availability as an IBM Software Choice reserved feature in
1998.  Additional details will be made available on the OS/2 Warp home
page at:  http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/

So it looks like if you want Communicator you will have subscribe to
Software Choice (for details on it, you can check out the October News
Archive
(http://catbert.istar.ca/os2/archives/oct97.html).  




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