[ih] question re. old usenet software

[Robert H'obbes' Zakon]

If memory serves, Sun Microsystems (now a part of Oracle) purchased the
Netscape enterprise product line.  Not sure what became of the products
after that.

Best Regards,
  Robert H'obbes' Zakon
  Author, Hobbes' Internet Timeline
  www.Zakon.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internet-history-bounces at postel.org [mailto:internet-history-
> bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 9:47 AM
> To: internet-history at postel.org
> Subject: [ih] question re. old usenet software
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Anybody know what happened to the old Netscape News Server and/or
> Collabra Share, which was merged into it?
> 
> As I recall, they did a really good job in integrating NNTP, LDAP user
> authentication, access controls - essentially adding all the hooks needed
to
> turn NNTP into a groupware platform.  (I seem to recall them marketing it
as
> the "Netscape Collaboration Server" at one point.)
> 
> I know that one can do all of this with INN or Diablo, but I've never seen
it as
> well integrated as the short-lived Netscape product.
> 
> Which periodically leads me to wonder if the code has survived, been
> maintained, open sourced, incorporated into other news servers, or some
> such.  Anybody here have a clue about this (or even remember the old
> product)?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Miles Fidelman
> 
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