“Apple, Sun, Netscape and a number of software heavies have
shucked their corporate monkey suits to wrap themselves in the
open-source flag. However, the premise of open-source code
development is at odds with the way these companies do
business.”
“Nevertheless, allying yourself with the populist (and
anti-Microsoft) open-source movement continues to be a great way to
improve your company’s image. The most recent open-source
bandwagon-jumpers are Sun and Apple, companies new to the business
of sharing technology. Their new tactic has many developers
cheering the greater availability of the companies’ code.”
“When Netscape finally releases Communicator 5, proponents say,
the input of outside developers will be apparent with support for a
half-dozen or more new technologies, as well as software versions
for various operating systems that might otherwise have been hard
for Netscape to support right off the bat. But given the roundly
positive reviews that greeted Microsoft’s release of Internet
Explorer 5 last week, Mozilla probably needs all the help it can
get.”