Re: Firefox Lite, Mozilla Lite, Thunderbird Lite -- where to find them?

speedy <[email protected]> writes:
> Are there any lite versions of these programs around? Particularly if
> it's just basic functionality required?

how 'bout ...
 389181 Oct 30  1994 nscape09.zip

... and a blast from the past ...

ATLANTA-Nov. 21, 1994-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Making it easier for businesses
and consumers to use and shop the Internet, MCI Monday announced
"internetMCI," a portfolio of services featuring such components as a
new secure electronic shopping mall, a user-friendly software package
for easy Internet access and high-speed network connections to the
Internet.

"MCI is making the Internet as easy to use, as accessible and as
critical to businesses as today's global phone network," said Timothy
F. Price, president of MCI's Business Markets.  "With internetMCI,
businesses of all sizes will now be able to not only display but also
directly sell their goods and services over the Internet.  For the 25
million people on the Internet, shopping the Internet will become
simple and secure."

The new MCI offering represents the most comprehensive set of Internet
services in the industry, according to Price.  "There are other
companies that offer Internet-related services, but no one else offers
the full range of applications software, access, storefronts and
consulting services in one package," he said.  "We now have everything
companies need to promote commerce over the net.  This is what
American businesses have been waiting for."

Users of internetMCI will be able to browse and shop in MCI's new
Internet shopping mall called marketplaceMCI.  MCI said it is working
with a number of America's most well-known retailers and information
providers to design storefronts for them when marketplaceMCI opens
early next year.  MCI has already begun beta testing on-line
electronic shopping with about 40,000 employees.

A key component of internetMCI is a software system developed by
Netscape Communications (formerly Mosaic Communications).  Using
encryption technology from RSA Data Security, the system integrates a
number of component into a secure environment.

Included are the Netscape Navigator server and database software for
storefront management and secure credit-card clearing.  Also included
is a digital signature system operated by MCI to certify and identify
valid merchants for internetMCI.

The complete system allows consumers to shop and make secure
transactions directly over the Internet without the fear of having
their credit card number or other sensitive information stolen by
electronic eavesdroppers.

The software package also has point-and-click technology that lets
consumer and business users easily and quickly browse the Internet's
World Wide Web over ordinary phone lines.

"Transaction security is the last major hurdle to making the Internet
a viable marketing and distribution channel for businesses," said
Price.  "By the year 2000, MCI expects commerce on the Internet will
exceed $2 billion and be common as catalog shopping is today."

Through an agreement with FTP Software Inc., MCI will provide the
Internet Protocol software along with the Netscape software in one
easy-to-install package.  FTP Software, the leading independent
supplier of TCP/IP-based network software, will also provide MCI with
integration and support of its software.

MCI will offer internetMCI software to customers at prices starting as
low as $49.95.  The internetMCI software will also be included at no
additional charge to customers of networkMCI BUSINESS, an integrated
information and communications software package.

MCI will market storefronts to retailers and service companies that
want to promote and sell their goods to the estimated 25 to 30 million
people who can now access the Internet worldwide.  MCI will offer
businesses consulting in the design, implementation and management of
their storefronts, in addition to the added value of MCI's ongoing
promotion and marketing of the new mall services.

MCI To Provide High-Speed Connections to Internet

MCI's internetMCI Access Services will be fully integrated with its
existing business long distance services.  Internet access will be
available in a wide range of methods from switched local and 800
access and dedicated access to more advanced switched data services
such as ISDN, frame relay and, in the future, SMDS and ATM.

A full Internet service provider, MCI will offer dedicated access to
the Internet from nearly 400 locations in the United States.

Another component of internetMCI is the company's new high-speed
connections to the Internet through the new MCI Internet Network.
This network is one of the highest capacity, most widely-deployed
commercial Internet backbones in the world, providing businesses with
direct and reliable connections to the Internet.

Compared to most conventional Internet access networks, MCI Internet
Network offers greater transmission speed and capacity because the
network operates at 45 megabits per second.  Next year, MCI will
increase the speed of the MCI Internet Network to 155 megabits per
second, capable of transmitting 10,000 pages in less than a second or
a 90-minute movie in just three minutes.

MCI Selected as Primary Internet Carrier

Following its selection by some of the major regional Internet provide
in the United States, MCI will become one of the world's largest
carriers of Internet traffic - carrying more than 40 percent of all
the U.S. Internet traffic.

The regional Internet providers BARRnet; CICnet; CSUnet; JVNCnet; Los
Nettos; Meri MICHnet; MIDNet; NEARnet; NorthWestNet; SURAnet; and
Sesquinet have been a part of the Internet since its inception and
have been a major force in the drive towards ubiquitous network
connectivity, which has helped make the Internet so popular.

MCI's Internet initiatives are being directed by Vinton G. Cerf, MCI
senior vice president for data architecture, and an industry-
recognized "Father of the Internet," along with a team of world- class
experts on the Internet.

"The Internet is a global resource of unmeasured value and potential
to educators, governments, businesses and consumers," said Cerf.  "MCI
is preserving and enhancing the intelligence and economic power of the
Internet while making it easier and more accessible than ever before."

MCI Showcases Interactive Multimedia Message on the Internet 

Earlier this month, MCI began an innovative marketing campaign on the
Internet that plays off the company's successful Gramercy Press ads
for networkMCI BUSINESS.  Users of the Internet can, with a click of
the mouse, learn more about the characters in the Gramercy Press
commercials, even hear their voices or see video images of them.

The campaign, which already has been viewed by more than 100,000
Internet users, has an interactive component that allows Internet
users to actually submit their art, poetry or short stories for
viewing on the Internet.  MCI selects pieces and publishes them on the
"net," where they can be viewed by the millions of users of the
Internet worldwide.

Internet users can travel to Gramercy Press on their own (address:
http://www.mci.com/gramercy/intro.html) or via "Hotwired," the new
on-line spinoff of "Wired" magazine.  MCI is a sponsor of the
magazine's "Flux" section which offers news about Internet movers and
shakers.  Hotwired members can reach Gramercy Press at
http://www.hotwired.com (click-on "signal" zone).

"The Internet is a marketer's dream come to life," added Price.  "It's
full-color, full-motion and full of potential.  MCI not only expects
to be on the leading edge of marketing its own services on the
Internet, but also in the forefront of helping our customers tap the
marketing power of the Internet."

For more information on internetMCI, call 800/779-0949.    

With 1993 revenue of nearly $12 billion, MCI Communications Corp. is
one of the world's largest communications companies.  Headquartered in
Washington, MCI has more than 65 offices in 58 countries and places.
The company's Atlanta-based MCI Business Markets provides a wide range
of communications and information services to America's businesses,
including networkMCI BUSINESS, long distance voice, data and video
services, and consulting and outsourcing services.

-- 
Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/