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Jeremy Allaire  wrote:

> Here's the gist of the agreement.  Taken from the original press release:
> 

> 
> NCSA will continue to offer a public-with-copyright version of Mosaic over 
  the Internet,
> which individuals can download for free. As part of its agreement with
   NCSA, Spyglass will
                ^^^^^^^^^^^
> provide a number of its improvements to NCSA for incorporation
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
  back into the
  ^^^^^^^^^^
> public-with-copyright version. "
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
Yow! Now I remember it clearly.  I asked Spyglass about this when I 
wrote my original stories back in September--They said it was a one 
way filter if I remember correctly, because NCSA was going to go off 
and do its own bleeding edge stuff.  Spyglass expected to raise the 
technology bar, license the improved version out to the big boys 
(and girls) at DEC, IBM, AT&T, Microsoft et al. , and then gradually
the enhancements by Spyglass and its licensees would drift back into
the NCSA version, so it would never be too far behind and cripple the
interoperability of the Web.  Indeed, it's a farce.



Nate Zelnick                          natez@pluto.njcc.com
Information & Interactive Services Report v. 609-397-8990
Report on Electronic Commerce             f. 609-397-8993
Multimedia Daily       URL http://pluto.njcc.com/~natez/


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