According to John Maier:
>
>That's not true.  The Atlas Netscape build for BSDI supports
>Java and works just fine under NetBSD.
>

True Atlas does support Java under NetBSD but I was under the
impression that Atlas was not Netscape 2 hence my statement:

"if you want java with Netscape 2 then you need to use the linux
binary."

AFAIK Atlas is still in beta ...

>Also, from what I gather, BSDI binaries execute more efficiently
>than Linux binaries under NetBSD.  So avoid the Linux Netscape.
>

Cannot comment on that - I got the impression that it was much of a
muchness, just the system calls are different but I have been known to
be wrong on occaisions ;-)

>Also, an extra reason to avoid using the Linux Netscape is for 
>statistical purposes.  Everytime you connect to a WWW you'll be
>telling the site you support Linux!  Currently then BSDI Netscape
>can't tell it is running on NetBSD 1.1 (without patching), but at
>you wont be declaring a false support.
>

Errrk - certainly a good reason for not using Netscape 2.  I use the
BSDI version of Netscape 2 myself because I am not all that fussed
about java...

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