From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   CuJoe wrote:   
   > OK, I've been reading about people asking and commenting about 8.x not   
   > including email capabilities and being only a "browser" only. So, NS   
   > email users are now forced to either keep an older version of NS around   
   > for email or use a different email app altogether.   
   > Dunno why people are being so bloody nice... I won't...   
   >   
   > What the bloody hell is going on here!!?? Why isn't there an email   
   > capability in 8.x?! Why is this feature going/gone away and, in general,   
   > why is it so goddang difficult dealing with email changes each time NS   
   > is upgraded?   
   >   
   > What, dare I ask, are the NS developers thinking?   
   > Thanks, and all that, for working on the frigging thing, but if you're   
   > going to develop this thing, why not do it right and update/maintain the   
   > email and newsgroup stuff??   
   >   
   > Sincerely yours,   
   > CuJoe   
   >   
      
   I hope you're feeling better now!   
      
   While I realize this was just venting, which we all need to do   
   sometimes, you do ask one question, which I will try to answer:   
      
   "What, dare I ask, are the NS developers thinking?"   
      
   I suspect they looked at the success of Firefox.  Netscape in its suite   
   incarnation, could do nothing to recapture market share from IE. Opera,   
   with a similar model, has never made a striking inroad.   
      
   Mozilla got somewhere, but it was only when they began to focus on the   
   standalone apps that they actually made a noticeable dent in the IE   
   market share. For NS to look at that model, in their attempt to get back   
   in the race, only makes sense. It hasn't worked, and I suspect NS8 will   
   fade out of existence, and with it, the storied Netscape franchise.   
   Darn shame really.   
      
   For the old line Netscape user who prefers the suite, we are blessed to   
   have SeaMonkey. Give it a try, its everything Netscape should be.   
      
   Lee   
      
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