Netscape on the SDK
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To: rick@netscape.com (Rick Schell), pmarca@netscape.com (Private Marc Andreessen), rick, mikeh, daver, Johm, troy
From: troy@netscape.com (Troy ChevaLier) subject. Re: ping from Microsoft - Intemet Shortcuts X-Mailer:
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At 03:33 PM 4/26/95 -0700, Rick Schell wrote:
> Is Tom looking for us to use, or merely to provide feedback?
> rick.
Dunno.
> At 02:56 PM 4/26/95 -0700, Troy ChevaLier wrote: >>>> Hey, just a quick ping to see if you guys have dug into the SDK >>>> materials I sent you a couple weeks ago?
>>>> -Thomas Reardon
>> We did receive some SDK materials from MS. It doesn’t look to me >> like Internet shortcuts are explicitly discussed; rather it is >> a full blown SDK for people developing Intemet aware applications.
>> The goal of the SDK is to isolate the developer from sockets and >> Intemet protocols. As such there are general Intemet APIs, Mime >> APIs, FTP APIs, Gopher APIs, HTTP APIs, and Archie APIs
>> Doesnt seem all that practical to me in the short term given that >> we have already written all the code to dothis stufff (and more >> I’m sure). Also, I would hate to rely on MS for bug fixes and >> implementation of new features (the latest whatever)
>>There may indeed be more there, that is iust what I observed >> by a cursory reading of the hardcopv doc
>>Troy
>>Troy Chevalier >> Netscape Communications Corp. >> 501 I: Middlefield Rd. Mt View, CA 94043 > > troy@netscape.com
> Rick Shell > VP, Engineering > Netscape Communications Corp. > 501 E. Middlefield Road > Mountain View CA 94043
Troy Chevalier Netscape Communications Corp. 501 E Midd.lefield Rd. Mt View, CA 94043 troy@netscape.com
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From ???@??? Fri Apt 28 14:53:01 1995 Return-Path: troy@netscape.com Received: from saturn (fusion.moore.corn [198.93.92.37]) bv neon.netscape.com (950215.SGI.8.6.10/8.6.9) with SMTP id PAA10347; Wed, 26 Apt 1995 15:43:30 -0700 Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 15:43:30 -0700 Message-ld: < 1995042.62243.PAA10347@neon.netscape.¢om> X-Sender: troy@pop.moore.corn Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"To: rick@netscape.com (Rick Schell), pmarca@netscape.com (Private Marc Andreessen), rick, mikeh, daver, Johm, troy
From: troy@netscape.com (Troy ChevaLier) subject. Re: ping from Microsoft - Intemet Shortcuts X-Mailer:
At 03:33 PM 4/26/95 -0700, Rick Schell wrote:
> Is Tom looking for us to use, or merely to provide feedback?
> rick.
Dunno.
> At 02:56 PM 4/26/95 -0700, Troy ChevaLier wrote: >>>> Hey, just a quick ping to see if you guys have dug into the SDK >>>> materials I sent you a couple weeks ago?
>>>> -Thomas Reardon
>> We did receive some SDK materials from MS. It doesn’t look to me >> like Internet shortcuts are explicitly discussed; rather it is >> a full blown SDK for people developing Intemet aware applications.
>> The goal of the SDK is to isolate the developer from sockets and >> Intemet protocols. As such there are general Intemet APIs, Mime >> APIs, FTP APIs, Gopher APIs, HTTP APIs, and Archie APIs
>> Doesnt seem all that practical to me in the short term given that >> we have already written all the code to dothis stufff (and more >> I’m sure). Also, I would hate to rely on MS for bug fixes and >> implementation of new features (the latest whatever)
>>There may indeed be more there, that is iust what I observed >> by a cursory reading of the hardcopv doc
>>Troy
>>Troy Chevalier >> Netscape Communications Corp. >> 501 I: Middlefield Rd. Mt View, CA 94043 > > troy@netscape.com
> Rick Shell > VP, Engineering > Netscape Communications Corp. > 501 E. Middlefield Road > Mountain View CA 94043
Troy Chevalier Netscape Communications Corp. 501 E Midd.lefield Rd. Mt View, CA 94043 troy@netscape.com