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Apple has given us the best of the Internet...
...but they want to keep it a secret!

[Running dog] Since Apple itself currently does not intend to upgrade the browser, Cyberdog users are hoping that Apple will be willing to license the Kantara Development Company to use the Cyberdog source code. Important upgrades--not just additional parts--will require access to the Cyberdog source code. Kantara was apparently led to believe that this would happen, but it hasn't. In fact, after many months of waiting for Apple's written agreement, Apple declared its unwillingness to license the use of the Cyberdog source code, which is patented.

It seems to me that Apple would profit economically through allowing--at no cost to Apple--the upgrading and continued use of an excellent browser which is only available on a Mac. Apple would also profit in terms of the appreciation felt by some of the most loyal of loyal Mac users, those of us who use Cyberdog.

It's not been a marketing plus for the company when Apple has had to cancel--often because of financial constraints--the continued development of technologies which many people appreciate and have grown to depend on. Why make this trend worse--arbitrarily, and for no financial reason? Is that a good marketing strategy for the Mac OS?

I strongly believe it is not in Apple's interest to act in such a way that it results in Cyberdog eventually losing relevance to new Internet trends. With significant--and significantly good--technologies being canceled regularly, how will Apple be able to assure new customers that Mac features looking attractive today will be around tomorrow? Computers cost too much money for most people to make the purchase blindly.

So Cyberdog lovers have written a petition to Apple.

We're asking them to please license the Cyberdog source code so the Dog can keep up to date with changing Internet conditions. And I'm asking anyone reading this--regardless of which browser you might prefer for yourself--to help us. I figure if it's good for Apple, it's bound to be good for all of us who love our Macs. And having choices available--even if they're only available for Mac people--are vital to all who use, or ever might hope to use, any kind of computer. Just as PC users should hope the Mac survives, people who don't even use Cyberdog have a personal stake in its survival.

If you want to help us, the way you "sign" the petition is to just type in your name and your e-mail address in the two boxes on the petition's web page (address below), and then click on the Submit button just below those fill-in boxes. That's all there is to it. You don't even have to be a Cyberdog user--just someone who is interested in seeing Apple license this technology, and willing to say so publicly.

Here's the petition's address: http://www.pcsincnet.com/petition.html

If you sign it, your personal e-mail address information will not be given to anyone and will go only to Apple Computer, Inc. when the petition is delivered; you won't get unwanted e-mail as a result of signing this.

We invite you to try out Cyberdog for yourself. Do something unusual! Think Different! It's available for free download at Apple, and also is on the MacOS 8.0 CD.

We hope too, that you'll stop by our newsgroup. The world's best tech help is available there from many experienced users and several developers. You can get there by going to the cyberdog.general newsgroup via links through Apple. Or go directly to this address: news://cyberdog.apple.com/cyberdog.general

I'm guessing that you're comfortable with Thinking Different; if I weren't, I'd still be using my old PC. And there is a striking similarity between experiences in switching to a Mac and in switching to Cyberdog. I didn't hate my old PC, but I love my Mac! And for all the same kinds of reasons, I love Cyberdog!

Here are some additional links for more information:

And here are a few independent press analyses of Cyberdog:

"Only one browser mail-client duo has held up to everything I've flung against it. And practically no one (at least no vendor) is going to be happy to hear which one it is -- Apple's Cyberdog. Too bad Apple officially prefers Internet Explorer." -- from TechWeb:

http://techweb.cmp.com/iw/660/60olsg.htm

"What matters is that you finally have a choice: you can succumb to using four or five behemoth applications to engage in your Internet business (including the several included with Mac OS 8), or you can get it all in one easy-to-use and powerful package -- Cyberdog." -- from Webintosh:

http://www.webintosh.com/applecore/articles/081197.shtml

"But Cyberdog is far from moribund, if users' glowing praise is any indication. And, among others, third-party developer Kantara Development Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., is determined to continue to build parts for the Cyberdog suite" ... "the company plans to release the beta of an improved Cyberdog browser as well as an upgraded searching tool." -- from MacWEEK:

http://www8.zdnet.com/macweek/mw_1136/in_cyberdog.html

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