Re: Netscape license

Marc Andreessen (marca@neon.mcom.com)
Thu, 24 Nov 1994 05:10:08 -0500

Our current intent is to do so, but absolutely do not consider that
to be a binding commitment. I also will not guarantee that
the free and for-$$$ versions won't diverge at some point in the
future (almost certainly not for 1.0, though). What happens post-1.0
will mostly be determined by market and business factors over the next
few years.

Free client distribution (again, for personal, educational, and research
use, roughly stated) is a core part of both the philosophy and the
business model of the company, and has several very strong motivating
reasons behind it, and we take it very seriously.

Cheers,
Marc

At 4:42 AM 11/24/94, Paul "S." Wain wrote:
>Marc wrote:
>@ We're absolutely committed to giving 1.0 away for personal use.
>@ Watch us.
>
>Marc.
>
>Could you expand on that. What about 1.1, 1.x, 2.x, x.x etc....
>I know this is looking a lot further ahead than you probably want to,
>but a small hint would be nice :)
>
>Paul
>
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Marc Andreessen
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